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Inside This Edition
Health & Wellness
October at Howler moves with purpose. We begin in the clinic, where early detection isn’t a slogan but a plan: CCSS mobile teams roll into neighborhoods to erase distance and cost, Hospital Clínica Bíblica’s JCI accreditation tightens every safety link, and Dr. Carlos Eduardo Zúñiga walks patients—women and men—through calm, coordinated decisions. The message is simple: book today and share the contact with someone who keeps putting it off.
Coastal Business & Dining
The lens widens to the coast, where winning expat loyalty means nailing the basics. Fish that never saw a freezer, bar service that keeps tempo, social feeds alive with real voices, a warm “Pura Vida” hello at the door, and tables cleared for conversation—these are the habits that turn first-timers into regulars from Tamarindo and Nosara to Flamingo. For founders and investors, the issue becomes a field manual: sharpen a laser UVP, craft a signature offer, prove impact with metrics that matter, structure content for voice search, and localize for shoulder seasons.
Economy & Adventure
We chart the engines behind Costa Rica’s growth—services, advanced manufacturing, agriculture, renewables—and how FDI and family businesses braid together. Adventure threads it all: a day at Vandara with horseback trails, smooth ziplines and hot springs; night paddles in mangroves where pistol shrimp crackle like bacon; paragliding over Caldera, Jacó and Arenal; surf smarts across four swell sources; and a rare left at Ollie’s after the 2017 storm.
Culture & Modern Life
Culture and wellness deepen the story—indigenous nations safeguarding language and land, Nicoya’s Blue Zone habits, golden-hour bird-whistle calls, feria markets that become your weekly superpower, coffee’s night bloom drawing Melipona bees, and practical ways to beat coastal rust. We round out modern life with WhatsApp fluency, swimwear that actually stays put, TRIBU-CR tax changes, a real tech-hub edge, logistics that work, smart property choices, Papagayo relocation logic, pitaya season, chiliguaro cheer, boat-to-plate ahi, the Ostional arribada—and the heartbeat of a roosterfish run.
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