By Sarah Munro The fish are here, that’s for sure. I went out twice this past month with local captains. Inshore was in a traditional panga boat among the whipping waves of Palo Seco. We dropped lines in the water and within 3 minutes we had a fish on. Awesome.
Read MoreCANCER – June 22-July 22 Scientists will help you this month by informing you that you can catch love in jars and spread it like a disease. This will cause your heart to leap and you’ll immediately feel like you’ll want to grab the nearest person and slurp their face
Read MoreBy Georgia King & photos by Ivan Castillo If you were lucky enough to wander down the far north of the beach a few weekends ago, whether by chance or knowing what lay in wait, you would have had the chance to witness the Torneo de surf in Playitas Manuel Antonio-Quepos.
Read MoreBy Pat Cheek Bienvendios/Welcome to Paradise we are happy to have you here in our Beautiful part of Costa Rica…….and even happier that you are reading the Anniversary issue of Quepolandia! Thanks to Ana Lyons for Matapalo for getting it rolling way back in 1998…. we have made it our
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 MoreVernita Gundy our new Administrative Assistant and Volunteer Coordinator, she volunteered for us 2 years ago and moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the US and plans to keep us on track and manage the incoming flow of volunteers throughout the year. Samantha Trull our new Vet Tech volunteered for us 2 years ago
Read MoreBy Os Look at these numbers and try to guess the next number in the pattern: 0 – 1 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 5 – 8 – 13 – 21 – 34 – ?? 55? ¡Yeah! If you said 55 you figured it out correctly. If you
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 MoreGEMINI – May 21-June 21 Another birthday has arrived…Large tongued Gemini dogs will come your way in overly affectionate encounters, particularly after early supper, bowl-of-water-lick, or mid evening walkies until well into July. Embrace these moments, as we all know that love comes in many different forms and we should
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 Shelagh Duncan My passion is design and I love problem-solving! Here are some easy and inexpensive solutions to a few of the most commonly asked decorating questions: Q: What color should I paint my walls? Orange. Okay I’m kidding. But only you will know what colors work best for
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi A few years ago, Putumayo started a vein of Latin music albums that presented a compilation of Hispanic musicians playing modern, “chill” music. The first was titled “Latin Groove”, the second “Latin Lounge”. They were very listenable and great exposure for a bevy of new artists. Putumayo
Read MoreBy Mark Goldstein May is here and that means the arrival of our long awaited refreshing rains. Our rivers and waterfalls will be filling up again, and many of us will be heading for the beach as we have some extra time now that our busy season has ended. So,
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