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All of my Apostilles are in! Now all I have to do is get my birth certificate, Social Security papers and background check all with their apostilles to my attorney in Costa Rica, Roberto Umana, so we can walk them through immigration.

NEXT...I am now working with my shipper, Ship To Costa Rica S.A., Charles Zeller. It is not inexpensive to ship. It is also going to be hard work. Every box has to be numbered and marked with what is in it. Not each item, but for example "kitchen utensils." Every piece has to be named Ex. dining table, dining chair, dining chair, dining chair, dining chair. This is for customs. The shipping company will deliver a 20 foot container and leave it at my house for 4 hours for me to load. It is then trucked to Galveston and loaded onto a ship headed for Costa Rica. Once it gets to CR, customs unloads the entire container and checks the loading list with each item, box etc. that is taken off. Customs will access the amount of tax they are going to charge. This tax has to be paid before the container goes any further. Once the taxes are paid the container is reloaded and delivered to me at my new home. Thank goodness the shipper does unload the container and brings everything into the house. At this point it will be 4-5 weeks since my belongings left my home in Greenville and arrived in Puriscal.

If you decide you want to move to another country it is not really hard as long as you are organized and pay close attention to detail. You need to make a list and take one bite daily. Otherwise, you are sunk!

Pura Vida