[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tucked away in the back corner of Reserva Conchal is an untouched paradise, providing an essential habitat for migratory birds, traveling monkeys and endangered species. It was an idyllic setting recently for Howler Troop members to...
Investing in Guanacaste: Look ahead!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] San José is Costa Rica’s capital and most populated city, filled in recent years with hundreds of trendy restaurants, creative residential projects and a big traffic problem that desperately needs a solution. All these are signs —...
Millennials Rule
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It took me awhile to understand “the millennials.” Who are they and what gives them the right to rule? Indeed, millennials are a force to be reckoned with in the business world and every other sphere, now representing more than 75...
How to Stay Sane as an Entrepreneur in Costa Rica
How to Stay Sane as an Entrepreneur in Costa Rica. Entrepreneur burnout exists no matter where you start a business, but Costa Rica has proven to challenge the sanity of even seasoned business owners. Things like slow processing of paperwork, unrelenting heat and...
Seven Tips for Packing Kids’ Stuff – Fashion Flash
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Packing Pointers for Kids’ Stuff - Fashion Flash: These seven simple tips for packing your kids’ travel clothes can help everything run more smoothly before, during and after a trip. Put together ready-to-wear outfits, from head to...
Surf Spot Costa Rica: Salsa Brava
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Surf Spot Costa Rica - Salsa Brava: Salsa Brava is a surf spot that is not for the faint of heart or those lacking advanced-level skills. It is renowned as Costa Rica’s most perilous break, attracting challenge-seeking surfers from...
What to Expect Costa Rica: Rainy Season Sensations
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rainy Season Sensations - I can feel it coming in the air tonight: What? Huh? I can’t hear you! The heart of Costa Rica’s rainy season can beat so loudly that it silences all else. To the perceptive human, storms of this magnitude...
Cool Places – Seeing Another Side
How to have a wildlife-infused getaway on the Caribbean coast: Have you ever looked out your window and seen a sloth? Stood up close to a puma or snorkeled with a sea cow? Have you ever been anywhere that was so teeming with life it made you feel more alive? Costa...
Pet Care: It Takes a Village … and a Veterinarian
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Pet Care: It Takes a Village … and a Veterinarian: If it takes a village to raise a child, as the African proverb says, the same can be said about vibrant communities where animal welfare is a shared concern of dedicated individuals...
What Kind of Investor Are You? – Let’s talk basics
What kind of investor are you? This is probably the single most important question you can ask when deciding how to invest in real estate. The answers will set the foundation for creating your asset portfolio strategy and clarifying decisions along the way. The kind...
Limón, Costa Rica Rising
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Limón Rising New port brings development to Caribbean coast: The attributes of Costa Rica’s “other” coast, the Caribbean, and its port city of Limón are sometimes overlooked or underrated, but that could soon be changing with a new...
National Museum of Costa Rica
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] The National Museum of Costa Rica is a history lover’s gift that keeps on giving: with each visit you learn more, dive into a new story and develop a deep appreciation for the vast reaches of Costa Rica’s influence in...