[uxgallery id="1"] It's Quetzal Time! Ripe Avocados Make San Gerardo de Dota a Birding Paradise The small wild avocados, known in Spanish as aguacatillos, are ripe in San Gerardo de Dota. To us birders, that means "It's quetzal time!" The resplendent...
Low Back Pain: Bearing the Brunt As humans assumed the upright posture over the course of millions of evolutionary years, our spines have borne the brunt of everyone’s body weight burden. Not surprisingly, low back discomfort is one of the most common...
The Salt of the Earth Las Salinas Salt Pans in Lepanto, Guanacaste Story and photos by Sean Davis When you buy sea salt, you may not realize how this process has worked for millenia. The seawater is let into the perfectly manicured flat pans during a very high...
Clients often look at distance as a roadblock, but it doesn’t have to be. Designing in Paradise does not need to be hard, it all depends on who you’re working with. Let’s talk about Rudy, Casa Magayon, and… some pretty umbrellas. Rudy is one of our most esteemed...
Entrepreneur Costa Rica: Your Business and Your Health. If you came to Costa Rica with dreams of a new lifestyle, new experiences and a new business venture, well, then ... you are already an entrepreneur in life. For anyone first arriving in a foreign country with...
Entrepreneur Costa Rica: Time Management = Wellness Management. Pura vida! Who doesn't feel good about that Costa Rican phrase and want to fully embrace it? Living in this country has been enjoyable and exciting for me, as I know it has been for countless others....
Painting the Town Jacó: A Surf City That Became an Art Gallery. As Jacó has strived to beautify its public spaces in recent years, the impact of art is an inspiring success story. Evidence of the surf town’s esthetic transformation is all over the urban landscape....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1593776672373{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"] It’s supposed to be the most haunted building in Costa Rica, and whether you’re a ghost hunter or a skeptic, I predict it will give you the goosebumps. If Sanatorio...
The nine-banded armadillo is a fascinating medium-sized mammal. It is one of the official state animals of Texas. Its ancestors originated in South America in a wide range of habitats from rainforest to grassland and dry scrub. It was the development of the Isthmus of...
Prevent If Possible Nothing — well, almost nothing — can spoil a vacation more than a gastrointestinal (GI) illness. These illnesses are more severe in the very young and elderly. Prolonged symptoms can be fatal in these age groups. Prevention is often easier than the...
Lo sentimos, los paquetes de adopción solo están disponibles en inglés. From as little as 20¢ per day you can make a difference to all of the monkeys in our care. Every year hundreds of howler monkeys are electrocuted on uninsulated power lines and transformers. The...
The Ocean's Rainforest To paraphrase an old adage, "As go the coral reefs, so goes the planet." Although they represent only about one ten-thousandth of the ocean floor (0.01%), coral reefs are essential for the existence of about one-quarter of sea life. Algae and...