Cover Story – Hell Hotel, San Lucas Island Prison
- MAY 03, 2018[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]For the most incorrigible misbehavior, like killing another prisoner, inmates at the San Lucas prison is
Author: Karl Kahler
Dining Guide – Chef4U: Private Dining Perfected
- APR 02, 2018[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Chef Nicolas Devenelle once showed up to serve a private catered dinner for four at Punta Cacique, betwe
PGA Tour Latinoamérica Coming to Reserva Conchal
- APR 01, 2018[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reserva Conchal Golf Club, widely considered the best golf course in Costa Rica, will host the prestigio
What To Expect – How to Drive a Rotonda
- APR 01, 2018[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The rotonda, or roundabout, is a traffic control device invented by Satan to terrify foreigners. Many ex
Off The Beaten Path – Tapanti, Remote but reachable day hike out of San José
- MAR 31, 2018[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you look up a map of Tapantí/Macizo de la Muerte National Park, and look to the southeast, you will
Playa Hermosa – Sometimes Less is More
- MAR 31, 2018[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Photos by Jesse Artavia [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I’ve often pointed out that there are four P
Loco for Coco – Beachfront Bliss in Playas del Coco
- MAR 31, 2018[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Photo by John Pierpont [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Loco for Coco, Playas del Coco: The headlands t
Spanish – Words to Call a Stranger
- MAR 02, 2018amiga/o — friend. If you’re hailing a male stranger on the street, as if to ask for directions, you can hardly go wrong addressing him as amigo. Amiga is also OK for a wom
Featured Adventure – Gone Fishing, The worst day fishing beats the best day working.
- MAR 02, 2018[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fishing is like sex — even when it’s bad it’s good. And when you’re lazily casting a line while
Cover Story – Ollie’s World or How a secret airstrip in Costa Rica fueled a global scandal
- MAR 02, 2018[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 1987, President Oscar Arias won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to Central America’s b