[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] What area of Costa Rica is right for ME?. Based on Google data, Costa Rica ranks in the top five locations searched online by people from Canada, the United States and France looking to buy a second home. From the vibes...
The Making of Lake Arenal
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Making of Lake Arenal: Life-Changing Upheaval for Two Small Communities. Forty years ago, Costa Rica inaugurated the largest public works project in its history — damming a river and flooding a valley to create the...
Surf Spot – Playa Dominical
[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Playa Dominical could be called the Mini-Tamarindo of Costa Rica’s South Pacific zone. It offers not only waves of all types, but also amenities for surfers and tourists. Beachside restaurants, bars and small...
Costa Rica Expat Living: Mountains vs. Beach – Pros and Cons
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4" css=".vc_custom_1691013008333{background-color: #f9ecc5 !important;}"][vc_column_text]If you're contemplating a move to Costa Rica, whether for expat living or investment purposes, you're faced with a tantalizing choice: mountains or...
Mirame Fine Art – Susan and Milo
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why MIRAME? Join us in celebrating the beauty, diversity, and cultural richness of Costa Rican art. Support local artists: By purchasing artwork from MIRAME Fine Art, you're not just acquiring a work of art, you're also supporting...
Costa Rica’s Crossroads: Sustaining Paradise Amidst Tourism Boom
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4" css=".vc_custom_1691013008333{background-color: #f9ecc5 !important;}"][vc_column_text]Costa Rica has long been a magnet for tourists seeking an escape into nature. This surge in tourism, while beneficial for the economy, presents a...
Snapshots of Costa Rica History continues
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4" css=".vc_custom_1691013008333{background-color: #f9ecc5 !important;}"][vc_column_text]Someone a long time ago had an old-style camera and stopped to take a photograph. Not knowing that a hundred years later, they would be shared on...
Finca 6 and The Mystery of the Spheres
Costa Rica is home to only two protected pre-Colombian archaeological sites, including the larger and better known National Monument of Guayabo. But the less familiar Finca 6 holds greater interest as a subject of study due to its major feature, the mysterious Diquís stone spheres.
Beautiful Birds of Costa Rica
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] MORE ADVENTURES IN COSTA RICA HERE [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]To fully appreciate that Costa Rica has no clear boundaries defining where heaven on earth begins or ends, you...
Mirame Fine Art – Carolina and Miguel
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why MIRAME? Join us in celebrating the beauty, diversity, and cultural richness of Costa Rican art. Support local artists: By purchasing artwork from MIRAME Fine Art, you're not just acquiring a work of art, you're also supporting...
Meet Costa Rica’s Latest Bird Celebrity
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]It seems that nature, especially the avian sector, is doing everything possible to help reactivate tourism in Costa Rica. In late 2020, the country’s first known appearance of an Orinoco...
Tarcoles River Trip
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Tarcoles River begins on the southern slopes of Costa Rica’s Cordillera Central volcanic range and flows southwest to the Gulf of Nicoya. It flows 69 miles through an area famous for the large population of American crocodiles,...












