Watch This We escaped "rat race" of UK to start a new life in Costa Rica - life is much simpler over here By Lucinda Herbert Published 27th Jul 2024, 10:00 BST Comment Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now A British family has shared their video story (watch above) after escaping the “rat race” and moving to Costa Rica for a "simple" way of life. Naomi, 31, and Johnathan Jules 30, decided they wanted to leave the UK behind them when their daughter was just two-months-old. The pair put their three-bedroom semi-detached house in Darlington on the market, and bought one-way tickets to Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
They are living in a two bedroom apartment with a swimming pool for £900 a month with bills included - saving them £330 a month compared to the UK. The family moved to live somewhere which "isn't materialistically driven" and are loving their new life packed with sun and outdoor activities. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
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Their daughter is due to be enrolled in a jungle school when she is old enough and they visit the beach and local market most days. Naomi, who is on a career break from being a health and safety officer, originally from Darlington, County Durham, said: "I have wanted to do this for years, but my husband wasn't always on board. "We have been raised to go to school, college, university and then onto jobs.
I am a free thinking person and I haven't been happy in this system that we have been brought up in. I had a goal to get out of the UK and when I got pregnant that feeling intensified.” Naomi and Johnathan Jules with their daughter in Costa Rica after escaping the UK 'rat run'.
| Naomi Jules / SWNS She added: "Life is so simple over here which is what we wanted - it is not driven by fancy cars or money. It is not materialistically driven, which is lovely. I was living in my overdraft.
We never bought anything for ourselves - I never bought new clothes. We were living to work and not getting any enjoyment from our lives.” "The cost of living out here is only a little bit less than the UK but the quality of life here makes up for that.
" In May 2024, Naomi and Johnathan bit the bullet and put their £215,000 home on the market. Naomi and Johnathan were on a plane from Gatwick Airport, London to Costa Rica to start their new life, earlier this month - and are now loving life. Related topics: Video Travel Property Travel Experience Darlington Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories.
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