[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] We visited Costa Rica and fell in love… so it was only natural to move here. The best thing we ever did was buy property in the Guanacaste Region (specifically in Playa Coco). We are still US citizens but living as...
Fishing With Fred
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]I am a retired cop from New York. I started kayak fishing about 15 years ago in the Hamptons, for both striped bass and bluefish. Kayak fishing is now, finally, exploding around the world. It is quite a different...
New Urban and Rural Land Use Category Proposed
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] The landscape in your vicinity of Costa Rica could look different down the road as proposed legislation is being considered for a new urban and rural land use category. The Asamblea Legistativa is studying bill number...
Vasomotor Rhinitis
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]For months or years, people suffer from what appears to be hay fever (allergic rhinitis). The stuffy nose, postnasal drip, sinus congestion, occasional sore throat and cough seem identical to the symptoms suffered by...
Miles and Decades Apart
[vc_row][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text] Photos courtesy of Facebook Group: Fotografias Antiguas Indígenas de Costa Rica - CLICK HERE Talamanca, 1912. Located in the extreme southeast of the province of Limón, this canton today has the highest percentage of...
Are You Happy?
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Those who live in Costa Rica, or have recently traveled here, have seen the increases in traffic and the rising prices of rent, food, and fuel. I hear people expressing shock at how expensive it is to live and travel...
In Memory of Walter Ferguson
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]How can you know so much about someone you've never met? The answer, surely, will be that there are people who seem to have fallen from astrolites — humans who seem to have an aura and a talent that radiates from the...
New Heights of Excitement for 60 International Pilots
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Paragliding pilots from around the world gathered in Rivas, Perez Zeledon, to participate in the Open Rivas 2023 Paragliding Competition, March 4, 5 and 6. It was the fourth year the event has been held, organized by...
Tico Expressions
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]agarrado — cheapskate, miserly. agüevado — bored, bummed out, sad, dissatisfied, driven to distraction. agüevazón — a situation that makes you feel agüevado, like waiting in line at the bank for two hours: ¡Qué agüevazón!...
Our New War Against Whaling
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]It has been 10 years since I have commanded the helm of a ship. That was in 2013, in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with Operation Zero Tolerance, when we prevented the Japanese whaling fleet from killing 90% of its...
Gringo Gardeners in Costa Rica
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Hola! from Gringo Gardeners in Costa Rica! We’re a Facebook group with over 5,000 members, dedicated entirely to gardening successes and challenges in this wonderfully diverse country that we live in. I started the group...
Underwater Fashion Photography
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Fashion Editorial in Costa Rica – Air and Water This underwater fashion photography session turned out to be a great challenge for everyone, but with a small great professional production team, very good results were...