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Costa Rica’s Legal System: Roman Civil Law

Costa Rica’s Legal System: Roman Civil Law

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Like the judicial systems used primarily throughout the countries of Latin America and continental western Europe, Costa Rica has adopted a Roman (Napoleonic) civil law system. This is very different from English common...

Dangerous Duo : Fer-de-Lance and Brazilian Wandering Spider

Dangerous Duo : Fer-de-Lance and Brazilian Wandering Spider

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Bottom line — keep your eyes open and be aware of your surroundings. The potentially deadly danger posed by both of these featured creatures comes from being in a human’s rightful place at the wrong time. Fer-de-lance...

Surf Spot – Playa Tamarindo

Surf Spot – Playa Tamarindo

[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Tamarindo is much more than just a surf spot. Tamarindo is a happening beach town full of shops, restaurants and bars. Add to that the mix of cultures, languages and people, and it is truly a...

How Well Do You Know Costa Rica?

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The latest smartphones have a wonderful ability to take all kinds of photos, including the popular panorama format.  So here is a test to see how many places in Costa Rica you can recognize...

HOA Law in Costa Rica

HOA Law in Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Purchasing or renting property in Costa Rica can be confusing for foreigners. One of the most confusing and least understood legal concepts is the applicability and enforceability of the homeowner association (HOA)...

Entangled in Costa Rica a Whale Rescue Documentary

Entangled in Costa Rica a Whale Rescue Documentary

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]When we, Pipa and Coco from The Vegan Pirates, first met Yulian Cordero on a dive trip to Isla del Caño, a small island in the south Pacific region of Costa Rica, we didn't know it would change the course of the next...

August Odysseys – Surf Expo

August Odysseys – Surf Expo

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Surf Expo has always been one of my favorite events of the year, to meet people and check out the newest products in the surf industry. Everyone is either a buyer or a seller, and you make an appointment to place your...

25 Years

25 Years

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Like the monkeys in nearby treetops overhead where their namesake magazine was born and grew up, Howler has a voice that’s impossible to ignore and has never seemed to generate much complaining. And the fact that it...

WOW — 25 Years!

WOW — 25 Years!

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]What were you doing in 1996? I am proud to announce that the Howler Magazine has achieved the milestone of 25 years of publishing. This has been quite a journey, as David Mills will tell you. And after my purchase of the...