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Christopher Howard has lived, worked and played in
one of the most magical places on earth for more than
20 years. His love for Costa Rica is so great that
he became a citizen.
During this time, he has had the opportunity to gather a
plethora of information about living, investing and retiring
in Costa Rica. It is not surprising that he has first-hand
knowledge and insight into all aspects of Costa Rica's culture
and its people. Because of his expertise, he is a frequent
lecturer at numerous investment seminars.
Mr. Howard has an extensive foreign language background,
having earned a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American
studies and a Master's degree in Spanish from the University
of California. Mr. He also has credentials to teach
Spanish at all levels from California State University,
San Francisco.
Mr. Howard was the recipient of scholarships for graduate
study at the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico
and the Jesuit University of Guadalajara, Mexico in conjunction
with the University of San Diego, California. In 1985, he
founded a successful language institute in San José,
Costa Rica. Mr. Howard has written three foreign language
books including the one-of-a-kind Christopher Howard's Guide
to Costa Rican Spanish It is the only Spanish book that
teaches Costa Rican style Spanish.
The Author Lives Full Time in Heredia, Costa Rica
At present, Chris Howard has been busy working as
a paid consultant for National Geographic Magazine,
published articles and columns in Costa Rica Today, Escape
Artist.com, Costa Rica Outdoors, Inside
Costa Rica, AM Costa Rica, for various newsletter
about living abroad and working on a feature action
movie script to be filmed in Central America.
Mr. Howard also serves as an officer on the Board
of Directors of the Association of Residents of Costa
Rica.
In 1998 he published the visionary guidebook, Living
and Investing in the New Cuba. His most recent
guidebooks are Living and Investing in the New
Nicaragua (2000) and Living and Investing
in Panama (2004).
His forthcoming guidebooks are, Christopher Howard's
Official Guide to Costa Rica Real Estate, The
Official Guide to the Costa Rican Legal System and Christopher
Howard's Living and Investing in South America.
They all promise to be the definitive books on their
respective subjects.
Due to a multitude of requests from the readers of this guidebook,
Christopher Howard began to offer relocation and retirement
tours to Costa Rica starting in 1997. Since then he has personally
introduced 1000's of people to Costa Rica through his one-of-a-kind
monthly tours, seminars and private consultation services.
Please see Live
in costa rica information about his unique tours.
- The Publisher
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