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Life in Costa Rica Means Sharing a Roof with Wildlife

I think one of the aspects of my personality that has allowed me to successfully live in rural Guanacaste all these years is that...

Costa Rica Expat Back in LA Where Pura Vida Meets Melrose

Use it or lose it. I passed a month speaking zero Spanish and was anxious to get the tongue rolling again. With each passing...

Costa Rica Expat Guide to Creative DIY Home Repairs

My family was recently cleaning up our backyard, tidying up the mass of branches that had been ditched on the property by the local...

Costa Rica Residency Backlog Hits 38,000 in October

Immigrants in Costa Rica continue to deal with long waits for their residence cards, known as DIMEX, as the immigration system struggles with backlogs....

Why This U.S. Expat in Costa Rica Chooses Local Over Headlines

In the weeks leading up to my trip to the US, I scanned several news sites both left-leaning and right-leaning to better inform myself...

Expat Guide to Bilingual Schools in Guanacaste Costa Rica

When my wife and I moved to Costa Rica we were gloriously young and childless. Needless to say, childhood educational options were absent from...

From Costa Rica to the US an Expat Longing For Home

There are close to 200,000 people of Tico origin presently living in the US. I have spent the past month in an area where...

Family Beach Day in Costa Rica Exploring Tidepools and Wildlife

My two sons couldn’t be more different. They look completely different. They act completely differently. They eat different foods. They have different interests. This...

Cost of living in Costa Rica from a U.S. Expat

Paradise doesn’t come cheap. Cars, gas, appliances, phones, TVs often cost more in Costa Rica. But not everything. Here’s a simple, like-for-like look at...

Back North from Costa Rica: An Expat’s Culture Shock

I am presently away from Costa Rica. I am in a foreign country. I was born here, but it is now a different place...
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Limón Costa Rica Tops Skyscanner 2026 Travel Trends

Limón Province has claimed the top spot in Skyscanner's 2026 global travel trends report, driven by a 289 percent rise in flight searches compared...

Salvadoran Military Faces Trial for El Mozote Massacre After Decades of Impunity

A group of Salvadoran military officers, including a former defense minister, will be put on trial for the massacre of nearly one thousand civilians...

Costa Rica Leads Central America in Latest Quality of Life Rankings

Costa Rica has landed the top spot in Central America for quality of life, according to a new international index released this year. The...

Costa Rica’s Festival of Light Brings Drone Shows and Northern Lights Theme

The Festival de la Luz returns to light up the capital this Saturday, December 13, marking nearly 30 years as a key Christmas tradition...