Culture & Lifestyle

In the Southern Zone of Costa Rica live a group of indigenous people who claim they are the only tribe who were never conquered when the Spanish arrived, and they are very proud of this claim.  So much so...

Costa Rican culture is very diverse, even though most part of the population is white or mestizo, there is also European, Afro-Caribbean, North-American and Asian population. Afro- Caribbean population lives on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica and this...

Just like most part of Central America, the food in Costa Rica is based on rice, fried plantains, black beans, tortillas and coffee which, by the way, they prefer to drink strong and black, they do not like sugar,...

Wait what? Yes indeed, you’re reading it correctly: a travel article about Puerto Limón, a town considered by many as that black sheep of the Caribbean family. Most people only stop in Limón because they’re basically forced to; they...

While analyzing the possibilities the country has for administration of the train service, the president of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís, admitted that currently the operation "doesn't seem to be very efficient".The president pointed out that in the past...

Avocados are like nature's butter in that this spreadable delicacy seems to improve everything, however unlike most types of butter avocados are extremely healthy. This bumpy green fruit common throughout South America is shown to help lower cholesterol, keep...

Some 50 members of The Association of Improvement in Leon XIII participated in the cleaning of the community of Garabito as a part of The Love Project, Cleaning and Recycling.The project counted on the support of the community mayor,...

Two recent reports prove that GDP does not measure quality of life, using Costa Rica as an example for other countries. The two reports are the Happy Planet Index report and the Social Project Index of 2016. The reports use...

The Museum of Jade in downtown San Jose is a fantastic cultrience that visitors of any age can enjoy, it's one of Costa Rica's best kept secrets housing the largest collection of American Jade in the world. The Museum...

For those new to alternative medicinal practices, acupuncture is often considered one of the more taboo methods of treating back and neck pain.  The thought of having hundreds of thin needles stuck into different parts of one's body, called...