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| A 15 hour day and nearly $200 for a bloomin’ rubber stamp with “90” handwritten over it. But I cannot rent or drive a car without it. |
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| Nine Canadian and U.S. Expats joined tour guide Walter on “Visa Run” today. Canadians in the majority this time! 5 to 4! |
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| Ten of us squeezed in and out of his new van all day today! |
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| At the border we wait in lines at Both Nicaragua & Costa Rica Immigration. This was twice for each country, out, in, out, in! 🙂 A “helper” in Nicaragua did most of our line waiting for us while we shopped. |
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| On the way up a late breakfast at Rincon Corobici Restaurant overlooking river. Then a late lunch or early dinner here on the way back. Great food & views! |
And why do I do this? Only to keep the option of driving open for me until my residency is finalized and I can get a Costa Rica Driver License. (Maybe next March) As a residency applicant, I have a letter saying I can live here without renewing my Visa, but the transportation department says that to drive here with my Tennessee Driver License, I must have a current Tourist Visa. 90 Days is the max you can get per trip out and in. Some people are doing this instead of applying for residency, but not practical in my thinking. So I will continue this every 90 days until my residency and a local driver license is obtained. Two more times probably. And I may decide to do some tourism in either Nicaragua or Panama and accomplish the same purpose on my return.