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You’ll Probably Find Me at the Mall
November 21st, 2006
I’ve lived in Costa Rica for eight years, and know exactly what I need from the U.S. when I travel back for visits. Tap shoes were high on my list one year. As I first time parent, I figured this is what we do: enroll our daughters in tap classes. I’d bought a pair at a used clothes store in the U.S. for $1 in anticipation that my daughter would want to take tap class. The shoes were too big.
Filed under Costa Rica, Expatriate Life, Humor, Life in Costa Rica, Living in Costa Rica, Susan Lutz (Carmichael) | Comment (1)Prostitution Growing
November 21st, 2006
The daily Spanish newspaper Al Día reported that there are now about 9.000 prostitutes plying their trade in Costa Rica. The number of prostitutes has increased mainly to the increasing numbers of Dominican, Nicaraguan and Colombian women.Medical authorites are concerned because they have under their medical control only one third of the prostitutes, meaning there are about 6.000 prostitutes out there who are “outside the system”
Filed under Costa Rica, Costa Rica Tourism, Health & Education, Life in Costa Rica, Travel | Comment (1)