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Unique Costa Rica Tours Beyond Ziplines You Should Try
Don Mateo
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August 29, 2025
I remember a time when there were no canopy zipline tours in Costa Rica. The first one didn’t open until 1997, in the cloud...
Expat Living
An Expat’s Life with a Rescue Dog in Costa Rica
Don Mateo
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August 25, 2025
For the past 15 months I have been the primary caretaker of a bona fide street dog, a barrio zaguate called Dorothy. My wife...
Expat Living
Costa Rica Replaces One-Lane Bridges as Traffic and Population Grow
Don Mateo
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August 22, 2025
As the infrastructure of Costa Rica advances, with new four-lane highways and a series of bypasses around San José that avoid the narrow, congested...
Expat Living
The Most Clueless Gringo in Costa Rica: A Satirical Take on Expat Life
Don Mateo
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August 18, 2025
If part of your online day includes mindless scrolling through reels, you’ve probably seen the Dos Equis beer parody commercials. The original ads featured the...
Arts and Culture
Costa Rica Sunday Soccer Matches Unite Barrios in Weekly Fútbol Ritual
Don Mateo
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August 13, 2025
La cancha, el césped, the pitch — call it what you want — the soccer field is the heart of many barrios and small...
Expat Living
Why Costa Rica’s Drug Problem Persists and Possible Solutions
Don Mateo
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August 11, 2025
Illegal drugs, and the drug trade, are driving factors behind the ever-increasing murder rate in Costa Rica. This is a given. A combination of...
Arts and Culture
The Day Costa Rica Stopped to Celebrate Claudia Poll’s Olympic Victory
Don Mateo
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August 5, 2025
In the decades I have lived here, there were two sporting events that were so big that the country came to a brief standstill....
Expat Living
Chinese Influence in Costa Rica Grows from Business to Education
Don Mateo
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August 3, 2025
Will the 21st Century someday be known as the Chinese century? Time will tell. They seem to be off to a good start when...
Expat Living
Costa Rica in the 90s From Mushrooms and Hammocks to a New Beginning
Don Mateo
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July 31, 2025
I love my life in Costa Rica, so it is more than a little ironic that I also once hit my own personal rock...
Expat Living
A Costa Rica Expat and the Devil on His Shoulder
Don Mateo
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July 28, 2025
Everyone has a dark side—that little devil in your conscience that says, go ahead and do it! even though you know it’s wrong. It...
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