Huge Dream Horse Farmland
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Sun Real Estate always offers you the best-dreamed horse farmland close to Monteverde, Costa Rica. This amazing farm is very beautiful and calm. It is located in a small town named Guacimal which is 20 km from Monteverde....
Rufous-Vented Ground-Cuckoo
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Rarely Seen Roadrunner Relative For birders with a “life list” of sighting dreams come true, the rufous-vented ground-cuckoo will commonly disappoint. Reports of fleeting glimpses have always been rare, even among the...
Guaitil: The Real Deal
Written by Debbie Bride & Marian Paniagua To be sure, the tiny village of Guaitil is off the beaten path, but not too far off. Nor is it a difficult drive or hard to find, and the trip takes you through a particularly scenic area of Costa Rica’s Guanacaste...
Surf Spot Boca Barranca
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Boca: Surf Spot Boca Barranca is Costa Rica’s second-longest wave, sometimes up to a kilometer in length. It is also considered one of the best longboarding waves in the world. But, when the sandbars align correctly, it is a...
Earth Without Humans
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Imagine a world where the human population vanished. We've seen movies and read stories with different media adaptations about living in a futurist apocalyptic world. “The Last of Us” is a popular video game with an...
Check Out These Seven Amazing Jaguar Facts
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Costa Rica’s jaguars are both mighty and mysterious. What we know about these unique big cats is fascinating. What we don’t know might be even more intriguing. GoEco’s Jaguar Research and Conservation program aims to...
Stay Safe: Travelers and Expats
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]My editorial this month addresses safety when traveling, and can be applied if living abroad. Costa Rica is said to be safe and the people are friendly. Well, the reality is that Costa Rica is part of the world, and is...
Risking it All for a Dream
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]We are Tash and JB, the faces behind the Salty Palmtree YouTube channel. Currently, we are building a farmstead near, Ostional Costa Rica without any prior experience. But how did we end up here? It all started in early...
The Virtues of Piracy
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Full disclosure: I am a real, legitimate pirate and quite proud of it. My legitimacy as a pirate was confirmed in 2014 by the 9th U.S. Circuit Federal Court Judge Alex Kozinski, who wrote in his verdict that my actions in...
New Law 9996 Regulation to Attract Investor, Annuitant and Pensioner Residents
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]A new legal regulation applies to the tax exemptions for Costa Rican residency subcategories of investor, annuitant and pensioner. Executive Decree N° 43926 -MGP-H-TUR, the regulation of Law 9996, was published in the...