Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week, in Nicaragua is a week of colorful religious tradition, tourism and partying. Most people get vacation days making for a long…
Simona lives in a basket. Her platter of food is always full. She gets lots of loving attention. In fact, she gets the best care a sloth…
By Erin Van Rheenen | Special to The Tico Times In the spring of 1978, New York-born Michael Kaye and his Salvadoran wife Yolanda were riding the…
Agents with the Drug Control Police (PCD) arrested an Israeli citizen found with more than eight kilograms of cocaine, $5,600 in cash and a 9mm pistol in…
If you have any questions about buying, renting or building property in Costa Rica, Christopher Howard’s “Guide to Real Estate in Costa Rica” may help. The exhaustive,…
Countrified, chaotic and often crawling with traffic, downtown Cartago for many visitors is the penance you have to pay to reach the Basílica de la Virgen de…
Early one morning last September, a Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) vehicle crawled up the long, steep drive to zoologist Gloria Dempsey’s mountainside home near Lake…
I am a U.S. citizen who just graduated from college and am looking to move somewhere in Latin America, hopefully Costa Rica. A friend of mine mentioned…
The grass may always seem greener on the other side, but when it comes to real estate, Costa Rica might just be the “other side” the rest…
Hiking in Costa Rica is an extraordinary experience, especially when you can go with a group of fellow hikers and have access to reliable transportation to reach…
