Each year we get many questions about what it is like during Christmas and New Years in Costa Rica. People want to know about the weather, local traditions, and which …
Making Costa Rica’s Famous Arroz Con Pollo
In a recent post, we shared how to make a staple of Costa Rican cuisine: homemade beans. In this post, we’ll teach you about another mainstay of traditional food, arroz …
Virtual Field Trip to Costa Rica – Part 2
In Part 1 of our virtual field trip to Costa Rica, we had you discover wildlife through guidebooks and trail cameras, taught you how to make homemade beans (yum!), planted …
Virtual Field Trip to Costa Rica – Part 1
At home wishing you were in Costa Rica? Even from afar, there are meaningful ways to connect with and learn about the country’s rich culture, abundant wildlife, and diverse ecosystems. …
Making Homemade Costa Rican-Style Beans
When a lot of people cook using beans, they just open a can that is already prepared. But in other parts of the world like Costa Rica, making homemade beans …
The Painted Oxcarts of Sarchi
Long before eco-tourism vans took to the roads of Costa Rica, there was another much simpler mode of transportation: the oxcart. Brightly painted with intricate designs, these original wagons or …
Making Organic Chocolate at La Iguana Chocolate
Among fields of pineapple and palm is a different kind of farm trying to bring back a lost art: the art of making chocolate. La Iguana Chocolate, set in the …
Taste Testing the Beers of Costa Rica
Having moved to Costa Rica from Boston, a city with more than a dozen different breweries, one of our first orders of business was to try every beer that we …
Vino de Coyol: Costa Rica’s Moonshine?
Costa Rica has its share of strange beverages, and we’ve tried a lot of them. There’s Agua de Tamarindo, a brown, sweet drink made from the tamarind fruit. If you …
A Costa Rican Wedding
A couple of months ago, Matt got a call from one of our friends in Costa Rica. Not just any friend, but the one who probably played the biggest role …
