katelingdavies
Introduction
From England, looking for other mums for play dates and exchange of info!
I joined expat.com on 14 August 2009.
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katelingdaviesadded the blog Things We Found Along the Way to the Costa Rica blog directory
Expat experience
Stay at home mum to two gorgeous girls. My husband is a teacher at the British school.
Nearly everything. It's easy and the cost of living is pretty low. I love the food, especially the meat. The people are friendly and easy going, it's not hard to fit in with the local community as SJ is a very cosmopolitan city. The beaches and mountains are stunningly beautiful, there is always something amazing to do and it is really well developed for tourism with incredible facilities everywhere. The weather in SJ is perfect most of the time, warm and sunny in the day and coolish at night. Kids are valued and always well catered for. Spanish is not a hard language to learn.
Houses in SJ don't have much outdoor space which is a shame. The rainy season can feel a little long, but it rarely rains all day. Some goods are expensive or hard to get. It's a long journey back to the UK. But on the whole I love it here.
I started out working at a school, teaching remedial English but I left to have my first child.
So much. Really close to the Serengeti so we were able to go on safari many times, it's breathtakingly beautiful, the African people have such spirit, there always seems to be music in the air, the weather's great, it's truly the simple life and makes you learn a lot about yourself. It's just an adventure, there's truly wild adventure around every corner. There's wonderful little beer gardens and restaurants, the cost of living is low, the community in a place like Mwanza is small and friendly, and they LOVE kids.
It's hard to ever feel like you belong when you're a European, the mosquitoes/malaria are a concern and there is not good healthcare provision (which makes it a worrying place to be pregnant and have a baby), lack of availability of luxury foods, lack of services - bad roads, frequent power/water cuts, but all of this just serves to remind you how lucky you really are.
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