If not Costa Rica then where?

So if Costa Rica isn't the place to make my dreams come true then where is? I'm convinced that its someplace in Central or South America. Now I just have to figure out where.

I do TONS of research on most every country in Central America and the two that appeal to me in South America, Colombia and Ecuador.

I found a few places that seemed to have quality information on all of these places, the first of which was International Living magazine. I found International Living full of helpful information (though somewhat biased) but I still couldn't decide. 

Since I couldn't decide which was the best fit for me then I could decide that the best things to do was to research each country the best that I could and then visit each of them. My goal for this blog is two fold:
1. To save you guys the hassle that is has been for me to gather all of this information and to provide it to you in one, central location.
2. To share my uniqe expierence'(s) with you as I go. 

I have no agenda; I just figure that I'm going to have a lot of free time on my hands and need to figure out something to do with it all.