I have written in the past of Costa Rica’s rivers. One of my favorite weekend day trips is to go to the Rio Pejibaye. Pejibaye comes from the palm fruit by same name that is a popular food all over Costa Rica. The Rio Pejibaye is located to the east of San Jose in the province of […]
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I remember a few years ago after a quarrel with my then girlfriend I jumped into the car and drove off into the mountains towards Vara Blanca. This is a place I liked to go to get away from it all and on this particular day that is exactly what my goal was. I drove […]
Costa Rica is virtually a “land-bridge” formed hundreds of millions of years ago by the separation of the great land mass that now forms the continents of South America and Africa. It is a country of many fault lines and is dotted with active volcanoes. So sure it is going to be a place where occasionally the earth does move […]
Costa Rica has many tiny islands that tourists can visit, but the two most important and larger islands are Cocos and Caño. I hope to write about the former one day. It was recently in the running for being one of the seven natural wonders of the world and is a place that Jacques Cousteau called, […]
I guess I could be accused of being somewhat of a “Pollyanna” when it comes to Costa Rica. I mean even the name of this blog, 365 Reasons I Luuuuuuv Costa Rica, might invoke nausea in some of the less optimistic types (who probably wouldn’t read me anyway). I mean, some of you are probably […]
Costa Rica’s major tourist areas draw hundreds of thousands each year. Everyone wants to see the Arenal Volcano, the monkeys of Manuel Antonio National Park, or surf the friendly waves of Tamarindo beach. Being in the travel business sometimes it is hard to convince folks to go “off the beaten path.” But let me tell […]
Latin people know how to throw a party and Ticos are no exception to that rule. You can count on there being music, maybe a little karaoke, plenty of good food and drink and dancing, lots of never ending dancing. I am now officially a gringo-tico-colombiano having been dating for some time now a great […]
This morning I say adios to the end of a great year and bienvenidos to the start of a new one. I always begin a new year by remembering what was accomplished during the previous one. I believe the thing that was most notable in the year just ended is that I began to understand more of “what” […]
There is no doubting the economic storm that is blowing at hurricane force around the world these days. It’s a real mess out there! Being in Costa Rica does not make one immune either, especially when that someone is in the travel business. I don’t think I am speaking alone in saying that business lately […]
I didn’t grow up with horses. Never even owned one. My horseback riding experience is limited to the numerous trotting tours one can take in the major tourist areas of the country. Yet I have this dream that just won’t die and that is to be a cowboy (or vaquero, in Spanish). I long for […]
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