August Odysseys – Surf Expo
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Surf Expo has always been one of my favorite events of the year, to meet people and check out the newest products in the surf industry. Everyone is either a buyer or a seller, and you make an appointment to place your...
25 Years
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Like the monkeys in nearby treetops overhead where their namesake magazine was born and grew up, Howler has a voice that’s impossible to ignore and has never seemed to generate much complaining. And the fact that it...
WOW — 25 Years!
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]What were you doing in 1996? I am proud to announce that the Howler Magazine has achieved the milestone of 25 years of publishing. This has been quite a journey, as David Mills will tell you. And after my purchase of the...
Rafael Gallo Palomo
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/226s7pesrYA" align="center"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Video courtesy of GLP Films Rafael Gallo Palomo, a prominent Costa Rican conservationist and business pioneer of...
Becoming Unstuckable
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Entrepreneur Costa Rica: Becoming Unstuckable - Your Personal Business Mission. Unstuckable may not appear in most conventional dictionaries, but nonetheless has found its place as a business-motivational buzz word. My mission as a...
Learn to Surf: Catching the Perfect Wave
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Learn to Surf: Catching the Perfect Wave. Being a Costa Rican city girl from San José, not one of those Ticos who grow up on the beach or head there as often as they can, I had never surfed a day in my life until a few months ago...
Leader or Follower
We are living in a time that has produced many followers. We are all influenced on a daily basis by powerful social media and other news and information sources, in addition to the people around us. This can trigger many different reactions, ranging from...
Ojochal a Hidden Gem
Quiet and Quaint I recently planned a trip to Ojochal and Sierpe with friends. The intent was to relax at a hotel that our friends manage in Ojochal, explore the wildlife in Sierpe and dine at some amazing restaurants in Ojochal. Since I had been to Ojochal...
Rancho Shadday
La Cocina de Doña Marta As one of the most developed beach towns in Costa Rica, Jacó bustles — always offering residents and visitors plenty to see, eat and do. But you need to remember, this is still Costa Rica, where “most developed” remains a relative term. That...
Coatis in Costa Rica
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Costa Rica is home to the largest species of coati, Nasua narica, known as the white-nosed coati. They are very fun to watch and are the clowns of the forest. These animals can grow to 120 cm long, their large, bushy tail...