SANTA ANA, San José — In a town once known for onions, the biggest growth industry today appears to be condos. Condominiums for sale, apartments for rent,…
SANTA ANA, San José — The soul of this place comes alive when viewed through the blue eyes of Héctor Aguilar — architect, antiques dealer and prolific profiler…
LA URUCA, San José – When we were standing in line to enter Costa Rica's National Amusement Park, my girlfriend decided it would be the perfect time to tell…
SANTA ANA, San José — When the ocelot was spotted in a tree at a kindergarten here, animal handlers came out and shot it with a sleeping…
SALITRAL, San José — Carlos Marín had already finished giving me a tour of his pottery workshop, from the clay pits to the oven to the warehouse,…
SANTA ANA, San José — It’s a geographic mystery 455 years in the making, but most historians agree that the first Spanish settlement in Costa Rica’s Central Valley…
SANTA ANA, San José — Just south of Lindora’s Miami-style “Golden Mile,” past the coming-soon Maserati dealership, the Quizno’s, the Taco Bell and the Caterpillar lot, there’s a…
Toucans and falcons soar above the lush rain forest neighboring the Braulio Carrillo National Park as a patch of fog settles in the distance. The birds' mating…
IRAZÚ VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, Cartago — Here at the top of Costa Rica’s tallest volcano, the main crater looks like it was struck by a gigantic meteorite…
The Venus de Milo on exhibit in San José? Más o menos. [caption id="attachment_7042" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Karl Kahler/The Tico Times[/caption] A striking 19th-century plaster replica of this…
