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Coming Home to Costa Rica on a Midnight Flight

Don Mateo - December 12, 2025

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Costa Rica Has the World’s Second-Worst Traffic

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Costa Rica Leads Central America in Latest Quality of Life Rankings

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Coming Home to Costa Rica in a Driverless World

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How Hollywood Gets Costa Rica Wrong – And Ticos Set It Right

I recently watched the original Jurassic Park for the first time. I had often heard the movie was based in Costa Rica, but less...

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What I Learned Living Off Grid in Costa Rica as an Expat

I once spent nine months on an off-the-grid farm about an hour south of San Isidro del General. Located near a river and along...

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Life in Costa Rica Means Sharing a Roof with Wildlife

Vincent Losasso -

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

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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...

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Costa Rica Expat Guide to Creative DIY Home Repairs

Lindsay Losasso -

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

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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....

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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...

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Expat Guide to Bilingual Schools in Guanacaste Costa Rica

Vincent Losasso -

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

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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...

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Family Beach Day in Costa Rica Exploring Tidepools and Wildlife

Vincent Losasso -

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...

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Coming Home to Costa Rica on a Midnight Flight

My flight was scheduled for a late evening arrival. I prefer flying into Costa Rica in the daytime hours. From a window seat I...

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Costa Rica Has the World’s Second-Worst Traffic

Drivers here in Costa Rica spend hours stuck in gridlock each day, and new figures confirm the problem ranks among the most severe worldwide....

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WSL Yellow Alert at Nazaré: What It Means for Latin American Big-Wave Surfers

The World Surf League has activated a yellow alert for the Tudor Nazaré Big Wave Challenge at Praia do Norte in Portugal. Incoming Atlantic...

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Roger Federer Returns to Australian Open for Star-Studded 2026 Launch Event

Tennis fans around the world got a surprise boost on Friday when Australian Open organizers announced that Roger Federer would make a triumphant return...

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