Seafood Without the Tourist Trap
Coastal Costa Rica does seafood brilliantly—if you order with a bit of strategy. The “tourist trap” version is usually the same three things everywhere (overpriced mahi-mahi, rubbery calamari, and a ceviche that tastes like it was assembled in an airport lounge). The...
The Last Great Offshore: March’s Wind Windows and How to Surf Them Like a Local
March mornings in Costa Rica have a particular sound: a quiet hiss of groomed foam, a few early scooters, and that first zip of wax being peeled like a promise. People call it “dry season” and leave it at that, but surfers know March as something more specific—a month...
The Affordable No-Scalpel Lift: Avatar Lifting Therapy for Brighter Eyes and Firmer Skin (With Minimal Downtime)
If the words “eye bags”, “hooded lids”, or “crepey skin” make you reach for sunglasses on perfectly good days, you’re not alone. The tricky part is this: lots of people want a visible lift, but not the “I’ve had something done” look, not the stitches, and definitely...
Costa Rica in 2026: Seven real-world tips that make your trip better
Scroll any travel group right now and you’ll see it: Costa Rica questions everywhere, and answers that swing from “don’t go” to “it’s flawless”. The truth is less dramatic and far more useful—Costa Rica is brilliant, but it rewards travellers who plan with their...
What’s It Really Like Living in Costa Rica in 2026?
Costa Rica has a way of sneaking up on people. You arrive for a “quick look”, you have one too many late-afternoon coffees with a view, you realise you’ve stopped checking the news every five minutes… and suddenly you’re pricing up sofas and learning the difference...
How Costa Rica Says Goodbye: Velorios, Processions, and the Quiet Rules Behind a Tico Funeral
What makes death and mourning in Costa Rica feel so different? It feels different because grief here is shared out loud and handled fast, with neighbours, family, faith, and practical law all moving in the same direction. In many towns, a death doesn’t become a...
Costa Rican Vultures: Hey … Somebody Has to Take Out the Garbage!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dirty, gross, awful… a few words commonly associated with vultures, but in reality anything but the truth. Vultures are an essential part of the ecosystem. They provide a vital service by cleaning up what would otherwise become a...
Those Zany Sloths
Fun Facts About Our Official Mascot Sloths have become Costa Rica’s unofficial national mascot, emblematic of the pura vida lifestyle. They are just so darn cuddly! Here are a few obscure sloth facts you may not have already...
Costa Rica’s Vultures: The Sky Janitors With Solar-Panel Wings
If you’ve spent any time on a Costa Rican highway, beach road, or farm track, you’ve seen them—big dark shapes riding invisible elevators of warm air, barely flapping, as if the rules of effort don’t apply. Then you spot the truly iconic moment: one perched on a fence...
End of the Road: The Osa Peninsula Run to Carate
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] There are road trips that show you a country, and then there are road trips that introduce you to the country the way it actually behaves—mud included, rivers included, monkey screams at dawn included. The drive around...