Once, on a tour, I got a question: “Do you guarantee that we will see monkeys?” … My answer then was the same as it is now… “This is nature, we cannot guarantee any wildlife… However, there are places where wildlife is hard to avoid” Now… When we think about these “almost guaranteed places”… we…
The Turrialba volcano could remain active and belching ash for two years, one of Costa Rica’s most well known volcanologists, Gino Gonzalez of the National Seismological Network (RSN) said on Tuesday. Speaking on the radio program, Nuestra Voz on Radio Monumental, Gonzalez said that activity at the Turrialba volcano following its October 29th eruption would…
Restaurants In restaurants and bars a 10% is included as tip by law. However, if you feel that the service was pretty good and deserve a recognition… Tips are, of course welcome. Costa Ricans usually settle with what’s on the bill and rarely add something as it is not in the culture. Hotels For anyone…
66 years since the abolition of the army. On a day like today life changed for a little country in the middle of the Americas. With a very strong and daring gesture, Figueres Ferrer, the president and leader of the civil war that happened a few months before, decided to get rid of the armed…
I have traveled a little… not as much as I dream, but enough to have my passport all sealed up… Today I went to the city, never mind which city… There were thousands of people walking, with bags on their hands, lines in the stores… Flat screens, shoes, clothing… nothing seems to be enough on a…
When we travel we don’t simply go from one place to the other. It is a time travel experience in our minds and being. We have to become children, full of awe and open to learn and live. As we become children, things look different. Our eyes make them look fantastic… People seems nicer, buildings…
Life is a Costarrican philosophy…. It is truly like that! Pura Vida (Pure Life) is the motto.. every body says it, to say hi and to say bye… to say everything is all right… and to say someone is cool…. and this is because Life, with capital L buzzes in their veins, as it buzzes…
Colect memories… Not things! Just think about your first mobile phone… The very first one you had… Do you remember it? … The size, the weight, the great conversations you had with it… Do you really remember the actual phone? Now… think about your very first time on a plane… Think about your thoughts when you…
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindness. Mark Twain
Beautiful Hotel Grano de Oro getting ready for Christmas!