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It's official.. the GF and I are capitalizing on the "Work From Home" thang and heading to Costa Rica from Feb 27 thru April 3rd. Figured I'd post up here to see if there's interest in following along, answering/asking questions, etc.
Current 5 week Agenda:
Reasons we settled on Costa Rica / Playa Samara:
Challenges we're hashing out:
Cell Service: My work phone (####ty iPhone 6s) is the only device I can get work email on... so if I want to get out of the house during the day, I gotta have it tethered to something (no international plan when not travelling for business). My personal phone (iPhone 12Pro) is verizon. I COULD just pay the $120 for the 2GB international plan, but would rather not.
Best local option is Kolbi Prepaid. Trying to confirm Kolbi allows hotspot with their prepaid SIMs? Have asked on a few forums but no hard answers yet.
Also DUAL-SIM Question: 2FA for everything runs through my personal Verizon line. Will those messages come through if the phone is using data from Kolbi number/sim?
Anyway... more to come.
Current 5 week Agenda:
- Fly into Liberia on the 27th and take a shuttle 2hrs down to Playa Samara.
- Book AirBNB House in Playa Samara (Small 5k person jungle beach town) for 4 weeks.
- Sun Mar 28th.. take a shuttle up to Tamarindo (bigger, more whitewashed/upscale).
- Stay in Tamarindo (aka Tamagringo) for a week to get COVID tested* then shuttle up to LIberia on Sat Apr 3rd to fly home.
Reasons we settled on Costa Rica / Playa Samara:
- Similar Timezone - US Currency accepted - English fairly widespread = easy transition
- Samara chosen b/c: safe, small/walkable, and fairly "authentic" coastal Tico town... but also big enough to have ~20 bars/restaurants, a couple supermarkets, a doctor, pharmacy, etc.
- House seems to have 50MBps Fiber Internet so should be reliable. Will get UPS for Modem/router to stabilize further
- House is gated and backs up to jungle (howler monkeys/iguanas/etc) on dead end road... but also 2 min walk from heart of town and beach.
- Paying ~$3k for the month for a 3BR/2.5BA good sized, fully equipped home with gated landscaped yard and a private pool in the backyard.
Challenges we're hashing out:
Cell Service: My work phone (####ty iPhone 6s) is the only device I can get work email on... so if I want to get out of the house during the day, I gotta have it tethered to something (no international plan when not travelling for business). My personal phone (iPhone 12Pro) is verizon. I COULD just pay the $120 for the 2GB international plan, but would rather not.
Best local option is Kolbi Prepaid. Trying to confirm Kolbi allows hotspot with their prepaid SIMs? Have asked on a few forums but no hard answers yet.
Also DUAL-SIM Question: 2FA for everything runs through my personal Verizon line. Will those messages come through if the phone is using data from Kolbi number/sim?
Anyway... more to come.
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