Happiness. What everyone is searching for. How can it ever be fully reached or achieved? And how does meditation affect your happiness? The more you search for happiness in meditation, the less it will come. We’re programmed to believe something is only working when it feels good. When you’re sitting
Read MoreMarch is a HOT month here at Marina Pez Vela and we are not just referring to the summer temperatures and booking tourism season. 2020 has been off to an insane start at both the project and in the area and we will take advantage of this new update to
Read MoreBienvenidos/Welcome to Quepolandia, we are here to make sure you have an unforgettable adventure. The weather is perfect, so get out of those winter clothes and forget the snow shovels and enjoy being away from those freezing temperatures. Whether you’re hiking one of our incredible National Parks or just chilling
Read MoreIt’s that time of year, when the South swells are micro but the weather is perfect. It’s sunny all day, there is a nice offshore breeze, and I am aching to be out on the water. Here are my favorite four options. The first option would be to do
Read MoreI have a particular habit. When I decide to do anything, I tend to do it as hard as I can. There is no time for messing around for me. No doubts. I may ponder a decision for days or even weeks, but once I decide there is no going
Read MoreBy Mckenzie Wing, Volunteer Coordinator & Biologist Since its foundation 21 years ago this month, by two 9-year-olds, Kids Saving the Rainforest has always tried to keep at least one nominal “Spokes-kid” around to continue the tradition of, well, kids saving the rainforest. However, with all the children of staff
Read MoreThis Mexican stew usually calls for hominy, but I find that the kernels from our local elotes (corn) work just as well and are easier to find. Stock for 8 to 10 servings 1 kilo of pork shoulder 500 grams of pork ribs with bones 1 large yellow onion, sliced
Read MoreWelcome to the February installment of That’s Fishin’ and if you are visiting Quepos right now you have chosen an incredible time of year to visit and fish our world famous waters! Right now is the time that large numbers of Big Pacific Sailfish which gather here and some of
Read MoreBeginning in January of 2014 scarlet macaws began visiting Hacienda Barú and the surrounding area on a regular basis after having been locally extinct for 50 years. The macaws’ behavior suggested that they might be scouting out nesting sites. We decided to put up nesting boxes in four trees that
Read MoreBuilding your new home is a unique experience filled with stories you will never forget. Especially when it is in a different country with a different climate, culture and language! It will be a challenge and it will be an adventure, and almost everyone who has built their home here
Read MoreBy Manda and Meleah Manning of Sisters That Stray Luigi Jiménez of Santos & Zurdo has been with Envision Festival since its inception 10 years ago. He manages all the music bookings and communications for the festival in Latin America. He recalls how much the festival has grown not only
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Over the past twenty years, there has been a cascade of memoirs written by people who have moved to Costa Rica to “live the dream”. The quality of these accounts runs the gamut from very informative and readable to dismally amateurish, and everything in-between. In April of
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