[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1672091368400{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Happy New Year to all! Reflecting on 2022, it certainly seems that it just flew by, we blinked and now it's 2023. Recently I have had the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]I made an observation early in the year, noting the volumes of travelers: I predicted that the off-season — September through November — would be much stronger in Costa Rica. As it turns out, I was using the right magic...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]What are you seeing the environment and ecology of our world becoming in the next 30 years? Are conferences doing anything for the present situations we are facing? Over the years, Howler editorials and articles...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]With all of Costa Rica’s natural wonders and friendly people, why would you pick another place to be? Yes, there are drawbacks to living here. Convenience is not a word that translates. Things that we are accustomed to in...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]With the new influx of people into Costa Rica also come the new experts on living here and how to traverse the difficulties. I have to sit back and just either laugh or pound my head with the amount of advice being given...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Can you believe that half the year is already in the past? As the world is in flux with the economy, many are still planning vacations. And many are planning moves to new and exciting places like Costa Rica. With the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The rainy season in Guanacaste this year came earlier and brought much heavier rains than usual. It seems that the early-season rain started about a month earlier, and the period of lighter rainfall we normally experience...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Life here in Costa Rica is referred to as Pura Vida. Well, in many aspects it is. Great beaches, beautiful people, nature and amazing scenery. What hides behind this Pura Vida veil? Have you ever visited a bank and...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]We are bombarded from all angles with so much that affects our lives. How do we cope with the massive amounts of negativity that society is spewing? One way might be to unplug. We are all victims of social media, the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Abounding with adventure, mystery and culture puts Costa Rica on the top of many people's lists to visit or move to. (See our survey on what brought you to Costa Rica.) The Latin American market for North Americans is...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] B ribing and paying graft is a true detriment to the progression of a country as a whole by communities, and the individual agencies that seem to promote the proliferation of asking for money for extra services or...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1643292955969{background-color: #000000 !important;}"]“Grandpa, what is this word?” a young child asks his aged grandfather as he holds his little finger on the word in his storybook. Grandpa adjusts his...