Bienvenidos/Welcome to another month in Paradise– are we lucky or what and since you are here with us you are too…. Into everyday will come a little rain so just relax and enjoy – it keeps our air clean, cars dirty and makes everything so beautifully GREEN here in our
Read More“Baarooom” resounded the hollow buttress-root of the Chilamate tree with each blow of the thick branch. Carmelita wasn’t sure which was louder, the “baarooom” of wood against wood or her pounding heart. Again she struck the hollow root. “Baarooom.” “Carmela honey,” her father’s voice penetrated the darkness before his silhouette
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Born the youngest of ten children in Sardinal, Guanacaste, Guadalupe Urbina demonstrated her interest in folkloric music at a very early age. She sings with passion, veracity, capriciousness and has an incredible range with her voice. She credits her mother as being her mentor and biggest fan
Read MoreLiving here is often challenging. Try to find decent violin strings that aren’t already rusted. Locate a drum head that hasn’t been on a shelf for 4 years soaking up the abundant moisture in the air. Figure out how to find the music for a Bach piece without a credit
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Norm Schriever used to live in Tamarindo. A couple of times, actually. I met him when he was here for a year, writing a traveler’s memoir, titled “Push-ups in the Prayer Room”, a collection of stories Norm had woven together about his travels around the world a
Read MoreThe Hardships, Tragedies, and Challenges of Women in Rural Costa Rica by Jack Ewing How many women do you know in their early 60s who have given birth to thirteen children, most of them at home, and without the assistance of a mid-wife? Eleven of this woman’s children are still
Read MoreBy Sarah Munro Marina Pez Vela just hosted the IGFA Offshore World Championship. In case you don’t know what that means – its the biggest billfish tournament series in the world, and Quepos rocked it. And the fish most definitely ROCKED IT.
Read MoreBienvenidos/Welcome to our beautiful Paradise we are a glad you have come for a visit ….congratulations to all the graduates, newlyweds and those of you that picked Costa Rica for a perfect vacation…we doubt you will be disappointed……..we have it all……from the best tours to the best restaurants and you
Read MoreBy Jack Ewing When the first settlers moved into the area around Dominical in the early 1900s, they found primary forests comprised of hundreds of thousands of species of living organisms. Over time trees were felled and the highly diverse forests replaced with several species of grass intended for the
Read MoreBienvenidos/Welcome to all you travelers….we are happy to have you visit and hope you have a great time. May is a perfect time to be here with plenty of sunshine and a little rain thrown in..a welcome sight for those of us that have endured the heat and humidity of
Read MoreBy Shelagh Duncan The dream of having a vacation property in Costa Rica is something many of us are living, and many others would love. However owning a second home that remains vacant most of the year can be a financial burden if you are still working, or have long-term
Read MoreBy Nancy Buchan While happily slopping through the ankle deep mud at the Envision Festival I started talking with a young woman about why she was there. It was clear early in our conversation that she was smart and politically active about all kinds of things back in her home
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Cops grow a tough shell. They have to, I am told, or they’ll never make it. The violence, injustice and dark underside of the human condition that they witness on a regular basis hardens them. Everyone is a suspect. They eat hoagie sandwiches while cracking jokes together
Read Moreby Jack Ewing Back in the late 1980s we still didn’t have telephones in the coastal communities, and we were just starting to do some bird watching and ecological tours at Hacienda Baru. The lodge didn’t exist yet. For booking the tours we shared an office with a travel agency
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