The Yakezie in Costa Rica
Today I am honored to host the Yakezie Personal Finance Carnival. Thanks to all you guys for sending me your best stuff!
Today, I wanted to do a travelogue about Costa Rica-one of my favorite places to visit. One of the reasons I stress personal finance education is to give you the freedom to follow your dreams, and for a lot of folks that dream is travel!
I will give a few fast facts and bullet points about Costa Rica to break up these great articles.
Costa Rica Map
- Costa Rica has been a stable democracy for over 100 years.
Forest, a traveler himself, @ Frugal Zeitgeist has this insomniacs post!
Try This If You Suck At Budgeting was submitted by Kevin at Financially Poor!
Another Kevin, @Live Real, Now, writes about his recent vacation-frugal, of course!
Invest it Wisely discusses the decision between early mortgage payoff versus investing the money-go give your opinion!
Mrs A, at Out of Debt Again, has a giveaway for her blogoversary. Free stuff-check it out!
Money Crashers, has a post about baby showers, and gift giving. Making sure the gift is USEFUL!
- Costa Rica has no standing Army.
Pacific Coast-photo by Beth
Crystal at Budgeting In The Fun Stuff, has a post on fishing. Did I tell you about the size of that Sailfish I caught……
Personal Finance By The Book: Joe writes about the evils of those “easy payment plans”.
At Frugal Confessions, Amanda has written about shopping around for a hernia repair….See what you think. I am running a 2fer1 on bladder tacks this week….
Financial Samurai thinks he has found the secret to an early retirement-and you won’t be able to guess what it is…
- The literacy rate in Costa Rica is 96%.
Everyday Tips and Thoughts has this post about colleges and business recruiting.
Single Mom, Rich Mom discusses the realization of what frugal meant to her, and how it’s ok to be different…
Car Negotiation Coach, has help for those trying to buy a new car.
photo by Beth
Planning For The Future is the focus of Simple Financial Lifestyle.
Money Help For Christians has this post about the basics of budgeting.
Len Penzo has penzod in on a Cheese Sandwich-you won’t believe the price tag!
- Costa Rica, while less than .25% of world land mass, contains 5% of world’s biodiversity-also the largest percentage of protected lands in any world country.
Evan, at My Journey to Millions wants to help you improve your credit score!
The Bucksome Boomer, Kay Lynn, has penned this paean to Sex in The City2-well more like an analogy…. on second thought maybe you should just read the damn post!
Craig at Free From Broke, has added to the Asset Allocation discussion. What I think is one of the more important decisions we make as we advance from neophyte-to ninja investing!
Breakfast Companions-photo by Beth
Darwin’s Money writes about the importance of Dividends in overall market growth in the past 2 decades. I have a “forget it” DRIP account with Southern Company (SO). Put in the money years ago, growing steadily ever since….
Money Reasons has this list of Frugal Sins! Don’t look unless you want to feel guilty!
- In addition to tourism and fruit exports, Costa Rica is home to units of Intel, Procter and Gamble, and Glaxo-Smith Kline, to name just a few.
Shawn, at Watson Inc. discusses the damage a large inheritance can have on your children. I tell mine regularly, if I leave em anything, it was just bad planning…. By the way, everyone needs a Last Will and Testament!
photo by beth
Suba at Wealth Informatics discusses rental car insurance-thoroughly-great info for you road warriors, or if you soon have a holiday!
Budgets and expense management is the topic at Faithful With a Few, by Khaleef.
Thanks to all who submitted, and have a great week, fellow Yakezians….(Sam, did I get that right?)
Evening in CR photo by beth
Photo at right shows deck view from my southern office in Costa Rica.
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Wow, CR certainly sounds nice. I’ll have to put it on my list of places to visit.
Thank you for hosting and for the info!
Thanks for stopping by, Craig.
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Hello! Thanks for the mention.
Thanks for stopping by. Yes, Costa Rica is a great place to visit.
Wonderful job hosting the carnival!
I love what you did with this Carnival! Educational, creative, with pictures and such.
Sweet! I’ve never been to Costa Rica, and must now go check it out! It was on our target lists for this past May, but we cheaped out and did a staycation instead.
When is the best time to go?
Thanks,
I like mid-May through August in our area-Ocotal, in northern Guanacaste region.
Nov-Dec is good. The high season for tourists is Jan.-April, and many from the north love it then, but it is hot for me. I get hot year round here in Georgia,, so I like a few clouds when I am in CR.
Costa Rica looks absolutely phenomenal, Dr. Dean! I have an uncle who invested in a teak farm in Costa Rica about ten years ago. It was very interesting how it works. He bought a certain number of saplings. Over time, those saplings get thinned out while the others grow until they can be harvested as mature trees for profit. He gets updates and photos on the progress of the trees. I think he said the trees can be harvested after ten years or so.
Best,
Len
Len Penzo dot Com
Hey Len, Yes there is a teak farm close to our property. The trees are really neat looking.
My wife is a plant freak, I mean nut, I mean….She loves to visit, although it makes the walks last a lot longer, smelling the roses, as it were….
Very nice style of roundup! Costa Rica looks so enticing, and a great place to visit…
Thanks for hosting and mentioning my article!
Now I want to go to CR. I have never been, but I think it would be awesome!!! Thanks for being so creative with the Yakezie carnival and for including my post!
Thanks for the mention. Yep, my post is only for the brave!!!
Thanks for including my post. Nice job with the Carnival. I know several friends who have travelled to CR have loved it. May have to go there soon.
Thanks for including my third blogoversary celebration, Dr. Dean!
Congrats on 3 years. It is hard to think about blogging for three years. My one year anniversary is coming up!
Would love to go to Costa Rica one day…. Can’t believe you have an office in a place like that!
Thanks for the great carnival and my link
It’s not a bad view!
You started something: we are going to have to have a Yakezie get together in CR! I wonder if we can get some great group discounts…
Thanks for hosting and including my post.
I could put together as many beds as in Yakezie. Let me know when you are ready!
Thank you so much for including my site in your post!
Never been to Costa Rica, would love to visit one day.
Great job with the carnival, thanks for hosting and including my post.
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Thanks for the link love Dr. Dean!