[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Dementia has become a global epidemic, and cases are constantly increasing in Costa Rica. Traditionally, in Costa Rica, older adults are cared for by their families. Although most rural families remain intact, the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Spanish Financial Terms Here is a list of some important words in Spanish for banking, taxes and other financial transactions. account — cuenta accountant — el contador/la contadora accounting — contabilidad asset —...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Hola from Gringo Gardeners on Facebook! This month we’re highlighting an amazing plant that Ed, in Atenas, shared with the group. The flowers bloom right out of the ground! This is Kaempferia rotunda, native to China but...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]However alarming the cyber-crime statistics we sometimes hear about in the news, the mind-boggling numbers of successful or attempted hacks can defy the limits of our imagination. We might pay closer attention when...
[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...
[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!...
[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...
[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...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Retirement arrived, and you finally live the pura vida dream in Costa Rica in your forever home. The initial honeymoon phase seemed like paradise, but ultimately reality set in. Living in a foreign country can be just as...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Since 1975, I have been fascinated by the idea that humans possibly had aquatic roots. A few decades ago, I wrote an article for Ocean Realm magazine entitled The Aquatic Ape, which invited some fierce criticism from a...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Spanish Terms for Table Talk Here is a list of some helpful words and phrases in Spanish for table talk. Whether you're eating at home, a friends house or out to dinner, these will hopefully improve your Spanish....
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]In our January issue, Howler published the article Solutions to 28 Cons of Living in Costa, a lighthearted look at certain situations and behaviors that expats sometimes find bewildering or even frustrating about their...