The Full Diamante

The Full Diamante

[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Diamante 10% Discount Code /Diamante Coupon - Discount Code: HOWLER: I had heard about Diamante Eco Adventure Park even before moving to the Coco area of Costa Rica. Looking forward to my first...

Positive Attitude During Cancer: Not Magic, Just Powerful

Positive Attitude During Cancer: Not Magic, Just Powerful

By John Quam, Editor in Chief Let’s put a positive attitude back where it belongs, in real life, where appointments, lab results, fatigue, and normal routines all collide. A positive attitude is not a cure, and it is not a substitute for treatment. It does not replace...

Dear USA: You Don’t Own the Word ‘America

Dear USA: You Don’t Own the Word ‘America

By John Quam, Editor in Chief When I first moved to Costa Rica almost twelve years ago, I was stopped mid-sentence by something small but world-shifting. I’d casually said I was “American.” A Tico friend smiled and, with no hint of sarcasm, replied, “So am I.” It was...

Wellness: Superfoods – Guanabana

Wellness: Superfoods – Guanabana

Costa Rica has a way of weaving guanábana into almost every part of daily life. You sip it as a cold fresco after a long surf session, lick it off a dripping ice cream cone at a beach fiesta, and see it piled high in market stalls beside plantains and papayas while...

Think it Over

Think it Over

  Moving to Costa Rica is thrilling, bewildering and wonderfully human all at once. I learned early that the country rewards those who arrive curious and willing to adapt. The moment I caught myself repeating, “That’s not how we do it back home,” I realised I was...