Liberia Airport Costa Rica

Guanacaste is the spot that has seem to put Costa Rica on the real estate map in the last decade. Through tough economic times and a number of other worldly test it seems Guanacaste is not settling down and the most obvious sign would have to be a $27million dollar expansion to the Liberia Airport.

A good sign for the Guanacaste area because this means the 900 passengers that fit in the airport before will now fit 1500 and even some room for a coffee shop and food court.

From looking at this from a real estate perspective it can only mean good things to come. If the infrastructure is improving starting with the airport and roads which are all pretty much improvements of the past then the sky is the limit for those that want to invest and give this "gold coast" a try.

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IPhone 4 in Costa Rica

If you have ever owned an Apple anything you will know that they have some of the best customer service on the planet. Well it looks as if Apple is going to take the gamble and let ICE represent their customer service on the new IPhone 4. If you want an IPhone 4 it was stated in La Nacion that ICE will be distributing them and also giving the customer service.

This should be interesting and personally if I was an owner of one of the new IPhone 4's which someday would be nice I would probably get on line or call one of Apple's 800 numbers. Nothing against ICE but do you really think the customer service of an IPhone 4 fits into the daily agenda of the many things ICE has going on?

I will say though on a bit of a more positive note for ICE I have always been impressed how the tech support in your local ICE office has quite a bit of knowledge of the many different brands and types of cell phones that come their way. I am a blackberry guy and they have been able to do everything needed so I guess we should give them a chance with the I Phone 4 before we make any assumptions that it might be too much for them.

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Messi in Costa Rica

Many of us watched the opening ceremonies to the new stadium in San Jose which much anticipation of seeing the most decorated soccer player on all the planet. Lionel Messi from Argentina and his national team were invited for a friendship game in San Jose in the new stadium against Costa Rica's "La Sele". To the surprise of many Messi did not even play in the game but spent his time on the bench watching the second string team of Argentina battle for a 0 - 0 tie game against Costa Rica.

Why did Messi not Play?

I am not your average sports daily writer but with the buzz around Costa Rica of why Messi did not play I thought I would break it down to simple economics. If you were watching the game you noticed before the game even started that there were commercials for "Real Madrid vs. Barcelona" which is a very important game that is being played in Spain next week. Unless you live on Mars you probably know that Messi plays for Barcelona and Barcelona pays Messi a lot of money. Just to give you an idea of why Messi did not even for a second consider playing you might want to take a look at these numbers of what he was making during that game for sitting on the bench.

Barcelona Pays Messi:

Daily Pay: $49,600

Hourly Pay: $6,204

Paid per Minute: $102

This is what we call a serious investment and by Messi not playing Barcelona was just protecting their investment like any good business would do. It is unfortunate that we did not see Messi play against "La Sele" but when you deal on the professional level as Messi does you have to realize that: professional is defined as - engaged in a specific activity as one's main paid occupation rather than a pastime.

Don't worry thought I think Costa Rica will beat Argentina in the next world cup in Brazil and I am sure Messi will play then.

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