From: escape
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I am SO looking into Costa Rica and Mexico on the coast for property. I know
of
one person who bought a whole bunch of land, I think over a hundred acres for
a
rather nice price in Costa Rica. Monkeys in the trees, parrots on the wind,
vanilla orchids on bark...hmmm.

If you are looking for a place to live that exemplifies the old America
before the religious nut-freaks took over, check out this letter from the
former Canadian foreign minister

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/030405C.shtml