People often say, “If you want to retire early, you have to spend less and make a few sacrifices.”  While that might be true, here’s something more encouraging:

If you want to retire before you have enough money, just retire for (at least) a few months in paradise every year.

Why not Costa Rica?  Where’s the sacrifice in that?

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Why Adventurous, Cost-Conscious Retirees Should Consider Costa Rica
Andrew and Pele-Hallam Young; photo courtesy of Willy Willy My wife and I are spending five weeks cycling around Costa Rica on our tandem. To my mind, it’s one of best ways of seeing and learning about a country. Tandems are social magnets. We’ve met plenty of locals who are curious about our bike…