At the urging of her music teacher, María Jose Castro Alfaro participated in the Jugend musiziert, a national competition for young musicians. On Jan. 31, Castro competed in the local round of competition, in the city of Hamburg.
From a cantina in Quepos to stunned phone calls home, an American expat recalls watching September 11 unfold from Costa Rica and realizing the world had changed.
A new study counts 48,985 short-term rental listings in Costa Rica, more than double 2019, while international arrivals remain below pre-pandemic levels.
