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Second Visa Run and Corrupt Policemen Costa Rica / Panama

Second Visa Run and Corrupt Policemen

by Jun 28, 2010 14 Comments

This past week we made our second visa run since moving to Costa Rica. We have to make our way out of the country every 90 days, and this time we chose to drive to Panama and visit our friends in Volcán, whom we met on our 6-week trip last year. It was quite an adventurous week, including driving on a closed highway with fallen...

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Looking at border from Costa Rica side Costa Rica

Crossing the Border to Nicaragua from Costa Rica

by Mar 27, 2010 7 Comments

Because we’re living in Costa Rica on tourist visas, we need to leave the country every 90 days in order to renew our visas. There are so many different rumors about what the actual laws are concerning these visa runs, and no one seems to know the answer for sure. (Well, many think they know the answer, but there are a lot of contradictory opinions)....

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