Newcomers to Costa Rica encounter many challenges: A language barrier for non-Spanish speakers, cultural differences, dietary adjustments to name just a few. And for anyone who enjoys the distraction of games, there are small, curious variations to get used to. The first time I ever played a game of pool […]
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The recent turning back of the clocks in North America reminded me that when I first arrived in Costa Rica, the country was experimenting with its own version of daylight savings. On the surface, it made no sense. At nine degrees north latitude, our proximity to the equator guarantees very […]
It’s that time of year. The afternoons are overcast and rainy, darkness falls before 6 pm, and everywhere you go, you hear the sounds of sneezing, wheezing, coughing, noses being blown and loogies being hocked up. No matter how healthy you may consider yourself, oncethe Costa Rican gripe – especially […]
In case you missed it, last week’s biggest story came from the vaults of Banco Nacional. In one of those, ‘Haven’t we heard this before?’ events, it was reported that some 3,200,000,000 colons have gone missing from the vault of the Banco Nacional headquarters in San Jose. That is 160,000 […]