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Inspirational Destinations: Location Independent in Costa Rica

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In this month’s Inspirational Destinations post, we’ve interviewed the author of the brand new Little LIP Guide to Nosara about Costa Rica as a Location Independent destination.
It’s a place already pretty popular with LIPs and Nancy Sun explains why…

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Panama Day Trip: El Valle de Anton

Yesterday we went on another trip – booked
with a local firm who supplied us with a car & driver. We wanted to
go to the mountains & beaches on the Pacific coast nearer to Panama
City.

El Valle is about a 2 hour drive from the city and sits in the
valley created by a dormant volcano. The climate [...]

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A local breakfast in Panama

Empanadas are the breakfast of choice in Panama. They’re little pastry-type dumplings typically stuffed with meat – usually beef but sometimes chicken.
Personally, they’re not my first choice for breakfast and I’d much rather eat them as a snack later in the day.

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Panama Furnished Apartment: Bella Vista

The first furnished apartment we stayed in in Panama, we rented from Panama Casa.
Our first choice was unavailable, so they offered us an alternative 3 bed-room apartment, for the same price as a 1 bed-room apartment.
The apartment we rented was Aqua Azul 6A.
Here’s our review…

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Taxis in Panama

So how do you negotiate this tricky challenge…getting a taxi in Panama?
The difficulty with getting a taxi in Panama is that there are no meters, no official cabs (like black cabs in London or yellow cabs in NYC) and generally no rules whatsoever!
In all honesty, it’s not that bad. A couple of locals we met [...]

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