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Arts and Culture

Lost Legacy Behind Latin America’s Favorite New Year Song

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One of the classic New Year's songs for our part of the world is called 'El Año Viejo'. If you have your radio tuned...
Environment and Wildlife

Quepos Leads Costa Rica with Historic Fireworks Noise Ban

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The Municipal Council of Quepos recently got a jump on the rest of Costa Rica with their unanimous decision to officially ban the use...
Expat Living

Costa Rica Drowns in Plastic Despite New Shopping Laws

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I am currently building a collection of reusable shopping bags, courtesy of my local supermarket. The bags are said to have a shelf life...
Expat Living

Scents and Sensibility in Costa Rica: The Fragrant Life of a Tico Expat

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About five percent of the world suffer from anosmia– having no sense of smell. Everyone has likely experienced this at least once on a...
Expat Living

Debunking Myths: Is Costa Rica Really a Socialist Country?

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Facebook has numerous pages catering to the foreign community in Costa Rica. There are always a number of posts from people thinking about moving...
Arts and Culture

Tropical Christmas: Traditions and Tamales in Costa Rica

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Feliz Navidad! Is it too early to say that? Nah– It is now officially Christmas season. Unofficially, it started sometime in October. I saw...
Arts and Culture

Beans: The Magical Food That Powers Costa Rica

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Beans, beans, the magical fruit…remember that little ditty? The more you eat the more you toot, the more you toot the better you feel,...
Expat Living

Crossing Borders: A Costa Rican Resident’s Journey to Panama

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After 25 years of residency in Costa Rica, I became a temporary tourist. My cedula expired, and the caja and I are a couple...
Expat Living

Costa Rica Expat Life: The Untold Story of Door-to-Door Sales Culture

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If you live in a predominantly Tico barrio, you are likely familiar with vendedores ambulantes. These are the door-to-door salespeople who pass through selling...
Expat Living

A Costa Rica Coffee Farm and Its Unanswered Question

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"A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof" – Feodor Dostoevsky. In the early 1990s, I spent most of a year in a rural area...
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