[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Costa Rica is renowned for its incomparable waterfalls, which spill from dizzying heights into cool pools where you can swim, take photos and even leap from the cliffs if you dare. Costa Rica is also known for its...
[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]I stood on the cliff above a 100-foot waterfall, looked at the pool below and thought, "Well, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger." Our arrival in the beautiful city of La Fortuna, at the base of...
[vc_row][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]It turns you into an ad-hoc biologist, botanist, meteorologist and strategist. My kayak-angling story starts about five years ago, in 2017, when I went on an expedition organized by a kayak fishing group in Costa Rica. I...
[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...
[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...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]I guess when we of a “certain age” hear the name Uganda, we think of Idi Amin and the Raid on Entebbe. So when a friend and fellow birding club member asked if we wanted to go to Uganda, I was hesitant at first. This...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]My friend Randy Nelson and I decided that we would take a trip up to Ometepe, Lake Nicaragua’s largest island. After discussing transportation options to get there, we decided on the local bus and taxis. This was...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Ometepe is the largest island in Lake Nicaragua. It is also ranked as the 10th largest lake island in the world. It was formed by the twin volcanoes Concepcion and Maderas, with a low lying isthmus separating the two. ...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Long ago, there was no Route 27 to provide a quick way to Costa Rica’s west coast beaches from the Central Valley, no Peace Bridge to cross over to get to the Nicoya Peninsula. What was gained in the newer infrastructure...