Dos Locos – Simple Life Seems Less Easy Now
- JAN 05, 2018We’re all in this together! One thing I’ve learned living in Costa Rica for the past 20 years is how the gaps between the developed and developing worlds have closed in th
Author: Johnny Lahoud
Dos Locos – TTZ, Blustery Season of Barrels and Bulls
- DEC 06, 2017Unlike parts of the world with temperate climates, Costa Rica has only two seasons. Ask anyone who lives here and they’ll talk about both. We all have stories about the low/
Tico Time Zone – Bus Stop of Life
- NOV 05, 2017This month’s subject was going to be a few bus tales about all my adventures traveling back and forth from San José. I was still pondering the best ones, only to get lucky
“Loco”motion Adventures in Costa Rica – Part 2: Flying High and Blind
- SEP 04, 2017It was so windy that morning, I was praying for a cancellation. No such luck. (more…)
Off The Beaten Path – “Loco”motion Adventures in Costa Rica I
- AUG 04, 2017When I was asked to write a Howler travel article, my thoughts immediately went to all the different ways I’ve traveled and survived in various modes of “loco”mo
Spotlight – Perlas
- MAY 08, 2017Anyone living in the area knows that Las Perlas has been a staple bar in Playa Potrero for many moons. For the past 42 years, locals and tourists alike have been hanging out a
Spotlight – Fiery Flamenco Guitar
- APR 01, 2017Tony and Johan dueling guitars is one of the newest buzz groups on the scene in Guanacaste. They can only be described as a classically trained new wave flamenco band that roc
Off The Beaten Path – The Bamboo Room & Alma Hotel
- APR 01, 2017One cool place to check out is the Bamboo Room in Ojochal. About 7 hours down the road, past Dominical and Uvita, you hit Ojochal, a cozy little pueblo fast becoming known for
Spotlight: Leatherback Rock
- MAR 06, 2017This month´s theme for the magazine is all about Playa Grande. So in keeping with this I´m writing about the Leatherbacks. No not the turtles, but the iconic local rock-n-ro
Spotlight February 2017 – Marvin Dolgay
- FEB 01, 2017One of the coolest things about living on the Gold Coast of Guanacaste is the influx of interesting people from all around the world and all walks of life–people who jum