This Monteverde path requires no map. The journey to the famed forest town, however, is another story.
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I’d been this exact guy about five years ago on our first trip to Monteverde. It’s a long, hard drive, particularly with your entire family and related luggage squeezed into less space than is typically provided by a mini-fridge.
The Costa Rican Coast Guard came to the aid of a U.S. family of four Thursday on the Pacific Ocean when their kayak went adrift.
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A family of four from the U.S. was rescued while adrift in the sea on their kayak in the Pacific Ocean near Playa Flamingo.
Damon and Cristina opened a new chapter when they moved to Costa Rica – but there was one adventure in their future they didn’t see coming.
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“When one changes his mind about kids at 42, after swearing for years that ‘People who want to have kids should have kids, but those who don’t should not,’ that man needs some quiet time.”
The untimely death of 33-year-old Brandon Rowlands, who spent two years in Costa Rican prison, has spurred his family into action to provide support for U.S. prisoners during their transitions out of local jails.
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In late October, 33-year-old U.S. native Brandon Rowlands died in Costa Rica. Shortly beforehand, he had been placed into an early-release program following a two-year prison sentence in La Marina prison in San Carlos for drug possession, his family says. Because he had already been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, his family in New York had […]
Artist Jan Hart demonstrates a technique for her students.
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Jan Hart talks to The Tico Times about her art and her latest book, an account of her spiritual journey as an expat in Costa Rica.
Costa Rican investigators believe Johannes “Hans” Snelders and his wife Sita Dhawtal were murdered as part of a triple homicide at the end of 2015.
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OIJ officials say they’ve solved the January case of a Dutch couple and Nicaraguan laborer who were found brutally murdered on their Puntarenas farm.
With just under two months left before the U.S. general elections, activist group Avaaz is trying to get more voters abroad to register in hopes of weakening Republican candidate Donald Trump’s chance of winning.
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Activist group Avaaz is trying to get more U.S. citizens living abroad to vote in the upcoming presidential elections in an attempt to weaken Donald Trump’s chances at the presidency.
A sloth at Costa Rica’s Sloth Sanctuary recuperating in the back section closed off to the public.
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When two former veterinarians filed a scathing complaint against the world-renowned Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica in Cahuita, it sent shockwaves through the rescue center that founder Judy Avey-Arroyo began 24 years ago.
Local travel agents are giving back to communities in San José through donations for one of Costa Rica’s most celebrated pastimes.
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By donating football cleats and coaching, Costa Rica’s Namu Travel Group is helping at-risk kids in San José.
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 20, 2008.
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Joan Dewar, a Canadian citizen who has been living outside Grecia, Costa Rica since 2005, got a rude surprise when she tried to vote in federal elections from abroad in 2011.
