Claire had spent three weeks in Costa Rica, and like most people who go there expecting a vacation, she left…
Negativity has become something of a national sport online. Actually, make that an international one. Scroll through social media for…
Knowing that I live in this beautiful country, I have had a few people ask me online lately, “Is Costa…
The rainforest trail near Manuel Antonio was already alive before the first tourists even tied their shoelaces. Birds chirped like…
In the spring of 1992, I did what a lot of young men do when the ground under their feet…
We used to arrive places with our whole body. Now we arrive physically, while the rest of us is still…
We were raised on urgency. Not the healthy kind, like running toward something meaningful, but the twitchy, stress-fuelled kind that…
Suspicion does not age well in the tropics. It ferments. Add heat, humidity, and too much time on your hands,…
Coffee is the only addiction where, instead of an intervention, people buy you mugs with slogans. “But first, coffee.” “Coffee…
Here’s the thing about Costa Rica. Most people think they understand it after a beach chair, a zip line, and…