National Theater of Costa Rica
- JUN 29, 2019National Theater: A Great Excuse to Go Out in San José. Are you looking for something to do on your next trip to San José? The National Theater of Costa Rica has an ecle
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Learn to Surf: Catching the Perfect Wave
- JUN 29, 2019Learn to Surf: Catching the Perfect Wave. Being a Costa Rican city girl from San José, not one of those Ticos who grow up on the beach or head there as often as they can,
Surf Adventure: The Road and Swell Point South
- JUN 29, 2019Surf 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
Axel Castro: Surf Profile Costa Rica
- JUN 29, 2019Axel Castro: Surf Profile. Randall Chaves, the president of the Federacion de Surf de Costa Rica, is always boasting about the new crop of young surfers who have surpassed t
Skateboarding: Sk8 Costa Rica
- JUN 29, 2019Skateboarding: Sk8 CR. In this issue, we wanted to feature a couple of skate parks at popular Pacific beaches, where you could go right after surfing. Let’s start with
The Best Cup of Costa Rican Coffee I Never Had
- JUN 29, 2019Cool Places: The Best Cup Costa Rican of Coffee I Never Had. I’m sitting at Doña Mireya’s kitchen table in the Monteverde Ecological Sanctuary, a patch of rainfores
Difference between two-toed and three-toed sloths
- JUN 29, 2019Sloths: What’s the difference between a two-toed and three-toed sloths? Sounds like the start of a corny joke or trick question, right? Well, aside from the obvious and
Bijagua Ranas: Hidden Sloth Island
- JUN 29, 2019Bijagua Ranas: Hidden Sloth Island in a Small Town. Early last November while I was exploring a mangrove forest, my guide told me about a place where he had seen more slot
Soda y Mirador Cinchona: More Than Just Great Food
- JUN 28, 2019Soda y Mirador Cinchona or Colibri Cafe: More Than Just Great Food. One of the ways to experience the real Costa Rica is to dine in a “soda,” Tico slang for a small re
Mount Everest: One Local’s Quest to Scale the Summit
- JUN 28, 2019Mount Everest: One Local’s Quest to Scale the Summit. Imagine scaling the highest mountain in the world only to wait in line to reach the summit. Even for an experienced c