There are haunted houses and haunted caves – but San Ramón has a haunted tree. It’s not sprouting ghosts or sheltering goblins, but some very strange things have happened to people walking past it in the Central Park of this pleasant town in the province of Alajuela.
A museum with lively theatrical tours through Costa Rican history takes things to the next level with an overnight camp that lets schoolkids brave the ghosts of the past.
Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m., five figures from Costa Rica's past lead us through Alajuela's Juan Santamaría museum and cultural center.
National Police arrested more than 50 people Sunday when organized soccer fan clubs from Alajuela and Cartago came to fisticuffs in the stands, forcing organizers to cancel the game.
Two suspects stole upwards of 3,000 boxes of soda crackers of various brands late on the night of Jan. 25. The suspects allegedly took a shipping container from a parking lot in San Rafael, Alajuela. The biscuit bandits used a gun to threaten a night watchman before gagging and tying him up.
