Ingredients for Fish (Serves 4) ½ Cup all purpose flour ½ Tbsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt ½ Cup cold water 1½ lbs. firm white fish fillets, each cut into 2 or 3 pieces (corvina, dorado, etc) Oil for deep frying
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Nicaraguans are an enduring people. Their history is one of a proud, diverse people who have witnessed a lot of calamity and disaster in their country… and Stephen Kinzer has witnessed a lot of their recent history, first-hand. Kinzer started his career as an independent reporter in
Read MoreLIBRA – September 23-October 22 In an impromptu moment of creativity over the coming month, possibly while you shower lavishly or, maybe, while cavorting Fred Astaire style in heavy rain, you will compose a bouncy melody you will name ‘None of your bees wax.’ RULING GEMSTONE: OPAL SCORPIO – October
Read MoreBy Mark Goldstein Many who practice yoga are familiar with a series of posture we call “Sun Salutations”. This set of postures includes our Warrior poses (see Quepolandia article Warrior Pose November, 2011). In many cultures the sun is seen as a very male energy, and is linked to things
Read MoreBy Nancy Buchan Diversity is a word that describes this beautiful country of Costa Rica in many, many ways. Thankfully we don’t have scorching hot summers or snowy winters, but our rainfall can go from almost nothing to huge amounts seasonally, and botanists and biologists just love prowling around this
Read More(in English) By Manuel Cabalceta Mendéz, Guía Profesional de la [email protected], www.manuelstours.com, 8719-6195 Entre los reptiles las serpientes son el grupo de mayor éxito adaptivo, se conocen alrededor de 2900 especies. En Costa Rica podemos encontrar 139 especies de serpientes, representando un 60% de los reptiles de nuestro pais, de las
Read More(en Español) By Manuel Cabalceta Mendéz, Professional Rainforest Guide [email protected], www.manuelstours.com, 8719-6195 Translation by Brian Schoenholtz [email protected], (630) 760-8017, (505) 8616-4365 Among reptiles, snakes are the most adaptive group and there are an estimated 2,900 species in the world. In Costa Rica, there are 139 species of snakes, representing 60% of the
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Mario Vargas Llosa is known for weaving stories like threads into an ultimate, seamless tapestry that far exceeds its individual components. He is also an enigma in that he gained acclaim as a writer while in his birthplace of Peru, became involved in politics there, grew disenchanted
Read MoreBy Os I suppose that you have learned and memorized the “to be” words by now, haven‘t you? Well, just in case here they are: ESTAR TO BE SER Estoy I’m Soy Está you’re, s/he’s Es Estamos we’re Somos Están y’all are, they’re Son Now fill the box without cheating:
Read MoreIngredients for Salad (Serves 2) 12-14 medium or large shrimp, cleaned (tails may be left on) 1 ½ cups of 1” pineapple chunks, OR 1 firm, nearly-ripe mango cut into large chunks Salad greens, enough for each person dining Generous handful of fresh cilantro, basil and mint, chopped ½ thinly
Read MoreBy Vernita Gundy, KSTR Volunteer Coordinator How many of you out there in your lifetime have found a baby bird and took it home, put it in a box and tried your best to be a substitute “Mama” bird? Most of us who find a young bird automatically want to
Read MoreBy Shelagh Duncan What is Mold? Molds (and mildew) are fungi. Fungi are not plant, animal or bacteria, they are microbial. They are responsible for such wonderful organisms as the delicious edible mushrooms, they are the makers of the “miracle drug” penicillin and the yeast that makes our bread rise,
Read MoreBienvenidos/Welcome to the heart of our Green Season…also known as Rainy Season and boy can it rain…September is sometimes very nice with lots of sunny mornings before rain in the afternoon so get out and enjoy your day early…we are glad you have come to Quepolandia and hope you enjoy
Read MoreBy Sarah Munro The past month has brought lots of action both inshore and offshore. Tides and currents have been super strong with hurricanes further north in the Pacific, which can definitely change fishing. Another factor is moon cycles, which affect tides; and fishing. And, the Super-Moon just ended.
Read MoreBy Jack Ewing I once saw a menu from a fictitious restaurant called the Road Kill Cafe. “You Kill it; we grill it.” It offered selections such as flat cat, smear of deer, awesome opossum, chunk of skunk, and swirl squirrel. The daily special was called “The Mess. If you
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