With comfortable, well-appointed rooms and an Italian chef owner, La Puerta del Sol makes an excellent base from which to explore the northwestern Guanacaste province.
Boats are reporting numbers in the double digits on the central Pacific coast and fishing remains steady on the Caribbean, while the Papagayo winds hinder action in Guanacaste.
AROUND COSTA RICA: Some 30 farms in Costa Rica raise water buffalo as a more sustainable alternative to cattle, and dairy products made with buffalo milk are making their way into supermarkets.
A team of GPS-lugging experts sent by the Environment, Energy and Telecommunications Ministry (MINAET) and the Costa Rica Electricity Institute set out last weekend...
