How and Why We Chose Samara, Costa Rica to Call Home - Part 2
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2019
- This is Part 2 of how and why we chose Samara, Costa Rica to call home. Part one can be found here:
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we continue explaining the pros and cons as we continued to the south pacific coast of Costa Rica to Manuel Antonio, Uvita and Dominical. We then we go over all the reasons why we chose Samara and some of the cons since moving here. Please keep the questions coming and we will keep the videos coming. Enjoy
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Just returned from our trip to Costa Rica and spent 5 days in Samara. Just fell in love with this town. The people were all so amazing! Live music every night by ridiculously talented artists. Already miss it terribly!
It's very easy to miss!
Best decision ever, you will see that your kids will grow up healthy and happy. I envy you in the good sense.
Thank you, yes we already see how much happier they are!
LMAO, you got me good when you said "yeah so come invest in Samara in a mini golf place instead of sitting in your cubicle", as I'm actually at work sitting in my cubicle. lol
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Very informative and loved all the information. We are here in samara right now and you are right spot on...
Excellent information. You mention some opportunities that Samara has, and that can actually work. It is very interesting to hear the experience they have had.
Great videos...So many great points! Thks for sharing!
So good to see you after our stay with you last week!! Thanks for the tour of the other coast side towns, glad we came to Samara. Hope to see you again.
Thanks for watching Nancy and we hope the rest of you're retirement celebration trip was amazing. Definitely come back and see us, with your husband as well. He'll love it here!
Thank you for your video's very helpful. My husband and I are from Canada as well. We will be in Playa Del Coco Beach in a few months taking our first steps to decide on moving there. :)
Thanks for such from your heart video. Very useful.
Great video,you guys are making me think again about moving down,I’m happy to see you guys are doing well,God bless and stay healthy 🙏🙏
Thank you, God bless
I'm coming May 1st. English teacher with Intercultura. Thank you so much for the videos. Was debating between Sabana Oeste and Sámara. Mostly for accessibility to things but your videos kind of swayed me toward Sámara...lol.
We're moving in a few months and we're leaning towards samara! Good info, ty
Great job explaining ur choice of town to consider living.
Thank you guys! Awesome overview of so many places. I have been on the fence I guess due to the "issues" going on worldwide right now but I have decided, thanks to you. As a retiree I am leaning towards Playas Del Coco but you have done all the legwork for me. Great job!
Our friends stayed at the Riu the first time they came, fell in love with Coco. Bought 2 condos and now want to move to samara because Coco has no community feel. Coco is a party town. Definitely check out Samara before you decide. You can book with us at Sea Casa www.seacasasamara.com and if you live it we could even build you a container home which is less expensive then a normal house
@@TheDufresnes I will contact you for sure. I'm in Ontario and hope to get there in March. April at the latest. No more waiting!
Awesome, definitely don't wait any longer
Just found your channel. Good info. Very helpful. Thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching
Hello, thanks for the down to earth info...My wife is from the Philippines and i am from the USA...we want to move to the USA but my wife is having a hard time with her Visa and here on this island there are issues with violence that we want to avoid. Costa Rica is our choice as Filipinos are welcome there with a 90 day visa and me from the USA it is visa friendly too, so we plan to come visit and spend a few months soon ( May) to see if we fit in...right now we are waiting on our baby boy to be born then we will come check out the area....it would be great to connect. Your videos have helped us relax a bit about visiting there....we are aware it is more expensive to live there but it will be worth it to be safe.
You're welcome! Yes Costa Rica is a safe place, more expensive then other areas but you get what you pay for. We do have our rentals so if you want to come check out the samara area you should book a stay and we can sit and chat while you are here at Sea Casa. We have no problem sitting with our guests while they are here. You can find the links below to book. Have a great day
@@TheDufresnes Cool thanks for the fast reply...i will check out your links
Love your videos...and your family
The spider incident was hilarious! I had the same thing happen on my first night in Guate. Lol
Great video thank you
I’m pretty sure we sat next to your table around mid-June at 2 Gringos. You were having chili guaro shots with friends. Good insight on Samara. We really loved the beach and vibe but definitely noticed the lack of activities for long term life. Like I’d miss good roads and trails for cycling. We’ll probably be back there but going to explore elsewhere too.
Cool! there are a lot of people that live here full time and there are aot of activities you can do. A lot of locals bike both road and trails, especially in thr hills. Definitely come back and stay with us at Sea Casa! www.seacasasamara.com
Thank you for sharing your experiences (and the Air BnB link...)
You're welcome and thanks for watching
Very helpful.
Thanks for shear you experience , I will visit you guys , I'm from Calgary
Thanks, you would love it here
thank you for sharing. please share your experience with bugs like how often you see , what types and what to do
We don't really have that many bugs here actually, we have less then we did in Canada
Manuel Antonio, 2.5 hours from San Jose.
Recently discovered your videos. Love ‘em! We’re looking to retire in CR and your videos are very helpful. Agree about Manuel Antonio- loved the park, but the area is way too touristy and expensive! Very disappointed in the beach because of the people trying to sell us stuff. The park beach was very nice though. Anyway, looks like we’ll be heading to Samara a few days based on your video, come mid December, 2021! Community, family friendly, nice beach.
Awesome, glad you like them! Definitely come stay with us at Sea Casa! Www.seacasasamara.com
We have our tickets for ten days mid December, 2021. Haven’t nailed down the itinerary yet. I do love your container apartments though- nicest I’ve seen!
GOOD JOB
Thank you!
Hello, do you have available casa for two people ?
From November 11 to February 5 ?
How much is will be total cost rent plus utility?
Thank you.
Love the spider footage
Haha yes that clip I found worked perfect
Hehe... 🙃 You have beautiful places there. I also live in Samara. Only on the other side of the planet. in Russia. Here, in Samara, there are also great places where you can swim and sunbathe on the beaches in summer... Only there are no crocodiles and other dangerous animals here... But there is delicious beer and ice cream on sunny beaches🍦🍺⛱️🌞
We'll need to visit your Samara one summer!
@TheDufresnes 👌😉
Great videos, thanks! 😀 I watched both of the videos and you didn't mention Playa Flamingo. Was that not an area that you considered to live?
Thanks, no we didn't conserder Playa Flamingo due to needing a good school at the time.
I came across your channel cause I'm interested in your lifestyle & curious about families moving to Costa Rica/Latin america. Found out you're from my city YLW (My son loves Scandia too!). Did you take any Spanish courses before you left?
That's awesome, thanks for watching. No we didn't take any Spanish lessons before coming, there is a lot of English here so we have just learned as we go
love your videos... what year model and how much did your Rave 4 cost? do you also have a golf cart/ scooters?
Thank you! It's a 2001 and it cost us $10,000 USD. At the moment we only have a car but plan to get a quad in the future
Hello. Thank you for the info. I’m planning of buying an acre close to the ocean in Samara. I’m married and retired have been in Costa Rica a few times. How can we contact you guys foe future fellowship. Pura Vida Lazarus and Maria.
Thank you for such a great video. Exactly what I was looking for! I was reading that Samara has about 6 months of rain, as opposed to Coco or Tamarindo where they have a lot less. Can you please shed some light on weather/rainy season in Samara? If you posted a video addressing this already, I didn't find it. Can you please post the link? Thanks!
ua-cam.com/video/q79TDBm9Wwc/v-deo.html
@@TheDufresnes very helpful. Thank you!
Great video! Any reason you haven’t considered Santa Teresa? Thanks
Too far from the airport and at the time school options were importanr to us. We've now been to Santa Teresa and enjoy visiting but would never live there
HO-LY $hi+ That spider video you guys put in here was NOT cool!!!! Hahahahahaha I about lost it lmao watching this at work lmao
Hahahaha
so if I do move there like I've been thinking of doing a mini golf or mini bowling ally would be a hit and are there any places to work out ? P.S. how about bike or scooter rentals shops ?
Yes either would be good, also an air conditioned gym would do well. There is already bike and scooter rentals
Wifey would like to know, since you've been there a while now, what the temps are there around Samara? You can decide which way to answer that best. Thank you.
The Temps vary between 30 and 40 Celsius and depend on humidity in the air. Dry season gets higher Temps but doesn't feel as hot as rainy season because rainy season has more humidity.
I realize this video is now three years old so watching it at the very beginning of 2023 I am curious if the shopping issue you mentioned has changed much? Do you still have to go to Liberia or San Jose to buy household items.
There is more selection in those areas but a lot of stores will now deliver to the beaches for a fee
Can you make a video about the international schools? Is there a cost for this? Is it like a typical North American school?
We've gone over that on our video of how it costs to live in Costa Rica as well as our video of living in Costa Rica with kids. Just look for them on our channel
Hello I would like to visit CR in March. What is the situation there now with Covid? I hear the beaches have curfews now? Also, are the bars and restaurants open? I was planning on going to Tamarindo but you may have changed my mind. Thanks.
Ken (in Calgary)
As of right now until Jan 17th beaches are open from 5 until 230 but not sure what happens after the 17th yet. Yes bars and restaurants are open, bars have to operate at 50 percent until the 17th. If you want a more chill laid back vacation then yes come to samara, and definitely come stay with us at Sea Casa for the most comfortable, relaxing stay. Www.seacasasamara.com
sorry i was wrong bars are 25% capacity until at least the 17th and as of today they extended the beach hours until 6pm
I have a questions for you. Why don't you hung out with Costa Ricans, and why your children don't have any Costa Ricans friends also. When I immigrated to USA from Costa Rica, I was always trying to get Americans friends, but my English was very limited, but I went to school, then I attended school and meetings where were always Americans, at least after years of living in USA now most of my friends are Americans, and I'm very grateful for that. Well I hope in the future you will get to know native people from Escazu, Santa Ana, San Jose, well only God knows from what part of the country. Well God bless you all
We have lots of friends that are Costa Rican, we just finished hanging out with a few tonight. Our Costa Rican friends are busy working trying to survive so our time is limited. Our kids have plenty of Costa Rican friends as well as we all have friends from around the world. Watch our chicharron video you'll see
We planned to go to Samara in the next couple weeks. How can I get hold of you to stay in your cabins
Visit our website www.seacasasamara.com, click on book now and check availability on both rentals
I love all your videos I have been to Costa Rica 9 times I always stay in Jaco Beach . You mentioned you checked out Manuel Antonio but did you ever visit Jaco and check it out as a place you would love to reside in ?
Thanks for watching. No we never went to Jaco and we don't plan too. It's not the type of place we are interested in for numerous negative reasons.
@@TheDufresnes Can you explain a few negative reasons ? My chief thing I don`t like about Jaco is the night life and prostitutions but you can avoid that if your not interested which I am not. Jaco is close to San Jose and close to beautiful Manuel Antonio . Jaco has great restaurants bars and shopping even a movie theatre several shopping centers too.
@@lindsayrollin4291 jaco is super dangerous and from a Costarican standpoint full of sketchy people. There is a lot of prostitution, drugs and is viewed as a red light district or an extension of "El Rey" which is a hotel where some of the gentlemen go looking for fun and sometimes "love" as a few do end up getting married to the ladies they met there.
Most tico families wont even put a foot outside the resorts when they are there so im guessing that they dont want to expose their children.
There are a few safer and more family friendly destinations which have better beaches than jaco unless you are into surfing.
Yes it's close to San Jose which is part of the problem, see the comment Eli left. There are many better places then Jaco to go to for shopping and restaurants and beaches.
@@Youtubing4time Hi Eli I respect your opinion very much but I`ve been to Jaco 9 nines over the years and was never robbed or found myself in trouble of any kind. I know about the prostitutes I`ve seen them but I am not interested in them at all. They mostly hang out at the hotel El Cocal and if you stay away from there you rarely see them any where else.
ok guys I'm sold ...do you think I can find an 2 bed.apartment in Samara for $50,000 or less close to the beach...planning to retire in Costa Rica...which I visit twist and fall in love ...just waiting for fly's to reopen so I can go there and close the deal..TY!
That's a good choice, but no you will not be able to find something that cheap, contact Nick at Coldwell banker here in Samara. He is a real estate agent.
See you on Saturday!
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@@TheDufresnes Sorry, I didn't mean we were staying with you guys, just that we are coming to Samara in a couple of days. I hope I didn't give you a heart attack.
Heart attack? You said see you Saturday when we have no one checking in. Was just confusing.
@@TheDufresnes ya, reading it back to myself it does sound confusing. All I meant was maybe we will see you guys around town. I’ve been watching your videos for 3 years or so.
Next time you should stay with us 😊
Hey im hoping to come over to Samara soon, could yo tell me where is good and quiet for a single female? Cheers K x
We have rentals that are good and quiet. Www.seacasasamara.com
Should i rent a car or fly into Samara? It seems perfect for a nature loving vegan!
you cannot fly into Samara, Liberia is the closest international airport and then both Nicoya and Nosara have domestic airports
Just found your channel and subscribed. I'm a single expat how do you find long term rentals? Also auto repair do you find it easy? Do you have netflix? Any info. would be appreciated.
Thanks for subscribing! We own but when we had to find long term we checked with property managers. Auto repair is easy yes just find a good mechanic, ask other expats in your area for recommendations. Yes we have Netflix, we actually provide it in our rentals for guests
So do u guys do The sunshine family’s program for money? Not sure if I should trust it or if it’s my thing lmk what u think
They moved here after us and we have nothing to do with the sunshine family. We've done almost everything needed to move here and are currently working on residency for ourselves. I'm not sure what you mean by you're comment
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Ok they just show up when I watch ur videos trying to get me to sign up to their program thank u that answered my question
Ok haha no problem, they seem to follow suit with our videos after we put ours out they will put one out that is similar 🙄 thanks for watching
Hey Chris, how far are you from the beach walking? Thanks!
10 minute walk from the beach 😁
OMG I was watching the spider scene and I screamed and dropped my damn phone!! My dog is wondering wtf my problem is 😂😂😂 oh man that scared me!
I’m seriously looking to move but I’m scared to death of spiders
Haha, there are not many spiders in our area
TheDufresnes that’s huge. We are in Atenas. Never seen anything that big here yikes!
any good schools there ?
Keep watching our videos 😉
Monthly rate?
Please visit our Airbnb link in the video description, choose your dates and any discounts will be applied. If you are coming in off season months like may, june, Sept, Oct or Nov then we can discuss a better monthly rate via email. Thanks.
Love your videos, but might I suggest microphones on you two. The talking is very muted/muffled, so I turn up the volume to hear you talk and then... the music plays... BOOM-BOW!!!! Super LOUD!! Just sayin...but love the video content.
Thanks, ya it's weird we do use a mic and I mix it with my headphones on but on a TV the music is still too loud. I would love to have lapel mics but for now I just need to get the balance right.
I disagree with OP, audio is fine. You don't need new mic(s). However, cut-ins with music are have incorrect audio levels. Pro tip, if you use Premier, add plug-in to lower volume on those specific clips. You are looking for consistent 6-7dB over the whole video.
The more i watch uyour videos the more i like you. LOL. I'm 74 semi retired{lol) and have had central America on the brain now for several years. I'm pretty sure i would love SAMARA.
If i decide to settle there, about how much would i pay for a 3 bedroom home? Nothing fancy. I'm not a millionaire. Also, when i come to visit, what months would be best, and why do most places only book for 28 days. I would like to stay like 3 months.
Thanks in advance.
We offer our consultation service to answer all your questions via email. If you're interested please send us an email. Thanks
Do they offer swimming classes for seniors? LOL
Just don't let SAMARA turn into a bunch of million dollar MCMANSIONS and gated communities. If they want to live like they do in the U.S. they should stay there. JMO
agreed