Living in Costa Rica Life Update October 2026.
It is October and time to fill you in with all the new and exciting things coming your way. We are in the low season of a very slow year so things a very hard, but we keep moving forward. Uvita waits for you, get down here soon!

Is it Rainy in Uvita in October? The answer may surprise you. We take a walk down Calle Uvita and see some changes in the neighborhood. We learn the truth that while it may rain in Uvita in October afternoons. the morning are usually dry and sometimes very sunny!
We take a walk into a supermarket and visit a panadari to get some cookies

Blanca and Ed wait for a delivery of fresh Cacao via encomienda, Costa Rican Delivery by bus. We witness the start of the processing, the fermentation. Blanca shares her knowledge and passion for Cacao and we also get to hear one of her new songs.

Down and out in Paradise
Life is a tropical Paradise is not always perfect, we still have to deal with the problems life sometimes throw at us. We don’t have to let the problems derail us, but we must acknowledge that they exist in order to overcome the,. A little stress, depression and anxiety is not uncommon.

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Grumpy Old Gringo Syndrome (noun) (GRUM-pee old GRING-goh SIN-drome) Abbr: G.O.G.S.

1. A behavioral condition characterized by chronic intolerance, intellectual rigidity, and a profound sense of misplaced superiority, frequently observed in long-term foreign transplants residing in Costa Rica.

2. A psychological defense mechanism wherein an individual weaponizes their duration of residency—typically prefaced by the phrase, “I have been living here for 25+ years”—to gatekeep existence here, belittle new arrivals, and project an image of authority to mask personal insecurity.

3. A social disposition defined by a compulsive need to assert dominance through condescension and the rejection of newcomers, standing in direct opposition to the Pura Vida ethos.
The new Epidemic in Latin America, Grumpy Old Gringo syndrome. Do you know someone suffering from G.O.G.S? It is more of an affliction involving ego and character than a real disease, but if you are traveling to Costa Rica you may very well encounter examples of this.
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Five years living in Costa Rica – 11 reason I love my life here. Five years. It is hard to believe that five years ago, I quit my job, sold my house and my stuff ,packed a couple of suitcases, hopped on a plane, and moved to Costa Rica. When you make a leap that big, you might think you have an idea of what to expect. But the truth is, living here will change you in ways you never saw coming.