Insider Secrets

Living in Costa Rica means you've already fallen in love with its wildlife. Here's something every expat resident should know. There's a moment most of us have had — maybe on your terrace with morning coffee, maybe on a trail near your neighborhood — when a morpho butterfly floats by. That electric blue, almost too vivid to be real. You stop mid-sentence. Your guest from back home reaches for their phone. That moment is one of the quiet privileges of living here. And it turns

You walk into a Costa Rica pharmacy with a pounding headache. You know exactly what you need — the same medication you've taken for 30 years back home. But when you ask for it, you're met with blank stares. "No tenemos eso." Sound familiar? You're not alone. Every week, I receive calls from frustrated expats who can't find their medications in Costa Rica. The truth is: Costa Rica pharmacies have most of the medications you need — they just go by different names. After 15+ yea