[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you look up a map of Tapantí/Macizo de la Muerte National Park, and look to the southeast, you will see that there are no roads and no towns all the way to the Panama border and beyond. This huge swath of...
Pet Care – Transmissible Venereal Tumors
Transmissible venereal tumors (TVTs) are a very common problem affecting stray dogs worldwide. Venereal tumors are specific to canines, typically located in their genitalia and transmitted during coitus. However, because growth occurs in the dog’s mucous membranes,...
Vitamins: Enough is Enough?
Vitamins are organic compounds occurring naturally in foods or as additives. They are necessary in small amounts for the energy required for growth and development. To what extent do people need vitamins? Should we take “extra” vitamins in the form of pills? Do...
August Odysseys – Wake up, take a piss, and jump in the water!
Living on the beach in Southern California as a little kid, I would paddle out to surf just about every day from the age of 5 or 6. I had my half-shaped piece of wood to surf on, and I simply thought of catching waves as a really fun activity. I never thought about a...
Colectivos: Certainly Worth a Try
When I first moved to Guanacaste, driving around from place to place, I was so amazed by all the cars that would abruptly just stop in the middle of the road to pick up and drop off people. “What’s up with this?!” I kept wondering. A few months went by. Then one day,...
Cote Lake: History and Mystery at Heart
[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Centuries before modern cartographers put Cote Lake on the map for globally astonishing reasons, its local renown was legendary. Historically important as a sacred place for tribal ceremonies and initiation...