In the heart of Costa Rica, there’s a small town that bursts to life every year with the vibrant Palmares Festival. The town transforms into a celebration hub for two weeks, with outdoor tents and music filling the air. This fiesta is the crown jewel of Costa Rica’s cultural celebrations, attracting festival-goers from around the…
Liga Promerica might rank second to only Liga MX amongst the CONCACAF leagues, but the nation doesn’t always get the respect it deserves from around the world. Despite that, the country has produced a fair few player straight from the top drawer over the years. Here we look at the five best Costa Rican footballers…
Throughout the years, Costa Rica has become one of the main places ex-pats like to dwell in Latin America. There are many wonderful characteristics that foreigners find attractive and peaceful about this place. They love the tropical weather because it’s beautiful all the time. They love being surrounded by nature and living a comfortable, healthy,…
When you think of the cocaine trade, you typically think of Colombia and the infamous Pablo Escobar, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t nose candy flowing through the streets of our beloved Costa Rica as well. From a report in news.co.cr, authorities seized 324 packets of cocaine (each weighing around 1 kilogram) in a…
These stories are starting to become more and more routine, and that doesn’t mean they get any more sad. In yet another Gringo moving to Costa Rica meeting a local gal and then suddenly disappearing story, the worst was just confirmed – the body found in Limon was that of the missing man, Thomas J….
If you are planning a little trip to a tropical paradise, you may have considered Costa Rica on the list of great destinations. If you are a smoker, be advised that smoking is now banned. Smoking in public places is not allowed and taxes for cigarettes has gone through the roof. Sounds like a great…
I’m often intrigued by what people say about their trips to Costa Rica. Today, I am recapping a trip report that I read on Harpers Bazaar. It was written by Kara Ladd. In more specific detail, their trip to Nosara. Of course, my own spin is put on this article being a long time resident…
As a resident of Costa Rica with 18 years of experience living in and visiting this fine country, I’ve had my fair share of interactions with Nicaraguans of all types, social statuses, and backgrounds. If you ask any Tico about Nicaraguans, they usually snicker at you. They call them names, as just about any bordering…
Just coming in from The Sporting News is a story that some cheerleaders for the National Football League’s Washington Redskins felt like they were being “pimped out” and harassed while in Costa Rica for a photo shoot. I don’t know why on Earth this is being talked about in 2018, but the event supposedly happened…
If you think it’s been a struggle getting the stuff you enjoy from the United States and abroad, you should have seen what it was like twenty years ago. When I first stepped foot in Costa Rica, the lack of common goods I was consuming as a college student really ate at me. No Mountain…