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Expat Life in Costa Rica

Hi! I’m Samantha, nice to see you here! You’re probably curious about living in Costa Rica and how I ended up in Costa Rica, so here are is my story.

I have been living in Costa Rica since 2012 when I moved down to be with Jason, who is my husband and a Costa Rican. I basically only moved to Costa Rica to be with Jason, I had never visited Costa Rica before I met him, I never had any plans to move here at all!

Life is so funny that way, isn’t it?

I met Jason in 2010 (you can read our story here) during a volunteer trip to Central America while I was at UW. Afterwards, I went back to Seattle to finish college and work, and then I moved to Costa Rica in 2012 by myself at the age of 23.

After I moved, we started Mytanfeet in early 2013 in order to document my life in Costa Rica and our adventures together.

Since then, it has grown to become a dedicated Costa Rica travel blog and we have a Costa Rican travel consulting company together!

And I’m happy to say that I’m officially a Costa Rican resident! I am no longer an “expat” aka perpetual tourist, but a very happy immigrant.

You can read about my process of getting residency through marriage to a Costa Rican here.

Articles I’ve Written About Living in Costa Rica

Here are the articles I’ve written so far about living in Costa Rica. Most of these articles were written in the first two years of my move when we lived in Playas del Coco.

I don’t write too much about this topic anymore since we focus more on traveling but hopefully some of these stories will be interesting and entertaining for you if you’re considering making the big move as well.

Times sure have changed since 2012 so some of the articles may be a bit dated, but that was how my experience was back then.