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70 Interesting Facts About Costa Rica
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1671737684718{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] From northwest to southwest, Costa Rica measures only 285 miles (460 km.) and at its narrowest, it is only 74 miles (120 km.) wide. It is smaller than...
Making a Scene: Susan Adams
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Welcome to Howler’s recently introduced Artist Spotlight series called "Making a Scene." In every issue, we’ll feature the selected works of a different artist, sharing personal insights into the inspiration and creative...
Family Preserves Sugar Milling Legacy
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1671815799611{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]From treasured tradition to budding tourist attraction, the Agüero family trapiche (sugar cane mill) at Paso Agres, Turrubares, is an emblem of local...
Costa Rica’s Viticulture Success Story
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Where there’s a will to grow wine, there must be a way — even in Costa Rica. Thus begins the remarkable success story of Virgilio Vidor Viticultura Tropical, a testament to where inspired scientific adventure can lead. ...
Enjoying My Creative Space in Nosara
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]When I moved 15 years ago to Nosara, Costa Rica on the Nicoya Peninsula, it was still an undiscovered Pacific coast gem, and I started a blog to record the adventure of a lifetime. Nosara was then a quiet, year-round surf...
Learning Spanish: Love Is In The Air
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]ahorcarse — “to hang yourself,” meaning to get married chulo — in Costa Rica, a pimp, or a person who lives on borrowed money, or always wants other people to pay. In some countries, the word has a positive...
Carlos Hiller
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]I’m delighted to introduce Howler readers to a new Artist Spotlight series called Making a Scene. In every issue, we’ll feature the selected works of a different artist, sharing personal insights into the inspiration and...
World Cup 2022
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] FIFA World Cup 2022 Costa Rica: Five players to watch Costa Rica booked their place at the finals after squeezing past New Zealand in the sides’ intercontinental play-off. This will be the Central Americans’ third...
Costa Rica: Through the Lens 2022 #2
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It never ceases to amaze our Howler team when we consider all of our photographers and the variety of spectacular photography we receive. This is our third "Through the Lens" edition and you'll see the various dynamics of the beauty...
Oubaïda Azzouz
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Born in Brussels and of Moroccan descent, artist Oubaïda Azzouz grew up in a culture of mixed influence and developed a pronounced taste for the Orient. With a fascination for drawing and illustration and skills...
Tony Putaggio
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]I walked into a local restaurant three years ago and heard a sound coming from the stage of a meticulous tune being played with Spanish flair. It was my first introduction to Tony Putaggio. Born in Castres, France,...
A long, long time ago
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] We invite you to look back with us at some snapshots of Costa Rican history — timeless photographs that capture the people, culture, buildings, and events of long ago. Thanks to the history buffs who have generously...
Costa Rica 2022: Through the Lens
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]For all of the scenes, sensations and experiences that words can’t adequately describe, countless generations have relied on the universally understood language of pictures. Legacies of priceless paintings set the stage...
Great Christmas Gift: Costa Rica Photographers – Through the Lens
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Gardens with Wings
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] "Psyche" — this is what Aristotle, with his interest in the metamorphosis of insects, named the butterfly in ancient Greece. Many other cultures also relate butterflies to the human soul. "Mysterious and symbolic,...
Atenas Sports a New Town Sign
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]For several years, the talk of the town of Atenas, Costa Rica has been an ambitious overhaul of the historic park in the center of the town. The idea was spearheaded by Rafael Salazar Senior and his friend Antonio Castro...
Cabalgata
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]More than 1.5 million tourists flock to Costa Rica each year to experience the créme de la créme of tropical paradise. Yet, tucked away in the hills above these emerald beaches littered with surfers and honeymooners, a...
Costa Rica’s Flag: Proudly Waved, Carried and Worn
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Costa Rica's Flag: Proudly Waved, Carried and Worn. There is nothing more symbolic of a country’s heritage than its national flag. The flag represents a cultural identity that unites all the people and values it stands...
Wheels to the World – Ox cart of bygone era a cultural treasure today
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Wheels to the World - Ox cart of bygone era a cultural treasure today: Although its golden age in Costa Rica’s export trade history has long since faded, the ox cart remains one of the country’s most important ancestral...
Museum Frida Kahlo
An hour before closing time, culminating my whirlwind one-day art tour focusing on Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, I arrived at La Casa Azul in Mexico City's lovely barrio of Coyoacán. Casa Azul, home of the Frida Kahlo Museum, is appropriately named, the outside a...
Salt Farms
The Salt of the Earth Las Salinas Salt Pans in Lepanto, Guanacaste Story and photos by Sean Davis When you buy sea salt, you may not realize how this process has worked for millenia. The seawater is let into the perfectly manicured flat pans during a very high...