For those thinking of discarding everything and heading south, I stumbled across this:
"A middle aged American (let's call him John) who made big bucks on the States working as a big time lawyer decided to leave it all behind and come to a beach in Costa Rica and open a small Pizza restaurant. He didn't really care about the business, he only wanted to take it easy and so he allowed his Costarrican cook to handle the joint (let's call him Pedro). Pedro a local guy, he only had primary education, but he had a real talent to make pizza, he was also good with numbers and proved to be a good administrator. As the pizza was great, the business thrived and the American had to get involved more and more with the restaurant. John and Pedro became friends, and even though John detested the idea to lose Pedro, he once suggested to him that he should finish school and move on. John thought this was a great idea and showed his humanitarian side, he even said that he would pay him for his studies and he would give him a small loan to start his own business. Pedro looked puzzled and asked him "Have I done something wrong? Why do you want to send me away?" "That's not it" replied John "I am offering you a chance for a better life". "What?" "Yes" said John. "You'll study, get a Diploma, open your own pizza business anywhere in the country, you'll do great, you are smart and you make a great pizza". "But why would I like to do that?" asked Pedro. "Because then you would have money on your own, live a respectful life and then retire, just like I did". "But you worked all your life like a donkey to come down here and do what I do every day: surf, make pizzas and run a restaurant, I like it the way it is, I don't need to go to school to do that".
