Creature Feature: Oropendolas of Costa Rica

Creature Feature: Oropendolas of Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gregarious and loud, their unmistakable calls resembling a crowd of people all gargling at the same time, they are heard before being seen. Oropendolas, the largest member of the blackbird family that includes blackbirds, orioles,...

Solar Savings : A Powerful Incentive

Solar Savings : A Powerful Incentive

From the lush jungles to the surf-swept coasts of Costa Rica, a quiet energy revolution is quietly underway — one that spans business, real-estate developments, wildlife sanctuaries, dining destinations and eco-tourism lodges alike. If you own a home or commercial...

Tourism sector stagnates and loses 22,000 jobs in the last year

Tourism sector stagnates and loses 22,000 jobs in the last year

Q Costa Rica As of October 2025, total tourist visitation showed a decrease of 1.8% compared to the same period in 2024, representing 43,070 fewer tourists. The decline in foreign tourism hits women hardest and affects key sectors such as food service, travel...

Surf Adventure: The Road and Swell Point South

Surf Adventure Surf Trek with CHE: When the Road and Swell Point South.  I woke at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and finally rose at 3 a.m. with one of several alarms that I set in five-minute intervals. Before a surf adventure, I find sleep to be sparse and nearly impossible...

ConnectOcean: Swim Safe Costa Rica

ConnectOcean: Swim Safe Costa Rica

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1672232565287{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Costa Rica, a picturesque realm nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, unfolds over 800 miles of bewitching coastline. The allure of...

Superfoods – Amazing Almonds

Superfoods – Amazing Almonds

[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_message] Waking up in Costa Rica comes with its own soundtrack: howler monkeys in the hills, waves in the distance and someone grinding coffee in the kitchen. Adventure, culture, nightlife, wildlife, real...

Soccer in Costa Rica Debut in 1899

Soccer in Costa Rica Debut in 1899

Soccer in Costa Rica: The game of soccer was apparently introduced to Costa Rica in 1899, judging from this news item on July 4 of that year in the newspaper La Opinión: "On Sunday, we were witnessing [the game of football in la Sabana, played by members of our...

Hell Hotel: San Lucas Prison

Hell Hotel: San Lucas Prison

[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]For the most incorrigible misbehavior, like killing another prisoner, inmates at the San Lucas prison island were lowered into “the hole” — literally a hole in the middle of a big concrete disc on top of what...

Reforesting Costa Rica

Reforesting Costa Rica

Fonafifo, the National Forest Financing Fund of Costa Rica, has a significant impact on the country through its role in financing the forestry sector, especially supporting small and medium producers of forestry goods and services. It leads the implementation of the...

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...