When a Finch is Not a Finch
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]If you come to Costa Rica, count on eventually becoming attracted to the beautiful birds here. With over 900 to see, it can become a serious hobby. As a photographer first, I developed my love for birds here. There is...
It Must Be Dry Season in Costa Rica: When the Papagayo Winds Start Talking
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There’s a specific sound that tells you Guanacaste is in its dry-season mood. Not birdsong. Not howler monkeys. It’s the constant thump-scrape of tree branches getting a stern lecture from the wind, plus that familiar rattle of...
No Soil? No Problem With Air Plants
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Ever look up under the canopy of a tree here in Costa Rica and see all the wonderful little plants that live up there? If you have, chances are you probably have come across an air plant or two … or maybe even...
When a Snake Bites Your Pet
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the start of summer in Costa Rica, we can expect to see an increase in snakebites. In general, the dry season’s weather conditions, including strong winds, seem to be the main causes. Due to the higher risk to pets and humans...
Hope for the Humpbacks and More Endangered Whales
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Spanish Text below by CPI! To swim 16,000 miles is an impressive feat by any standard, but to do this on an empty stomach and while pregnant is truly remarkable. Granted, the humpback whale has a significant size advantage over...
Sportsfishing
A Costa Rica Adventure Not to Be Missed
Taking Adventure Tourism To The Top – Diamante Hits New Heights
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Diamante Hits New Heights - The growing business of Costa Rica's adventure tourism: On a perfectly bright and clear January morning in 2012, while standing on a hilltop 300 feet above the Gulf of Papagayo, Julian Rembert and Jim...
Jaguar King of the Cats
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Jaguars are the largest feline species in Costa Rica and the third-largest on the planet, next to lions and tigers. Average size varies by geographic location, with larger jaguars tending to live in habitats further...
Leatherbacks : A Close to Home Concern
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest of all surviving turtle species. It’s also the fourth heaviest reptile, with three species of crocodile weighing more. Leatherbacks are differentiated from other sea turtles by their lack of a bony shell. Instead, the top...
Museum Frida Kahlo
An hour before closing time, culminating my whirlwind one-day art tour focusing on Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, I arrived at La Casa Azul in Mexico City's lovely barrio of Coyoacán. Casa Azul, home of the Frida Kahlo Museum, is appropriately named, the outside a...