Costa Rica Travel News - Costa Rica is a hotspot for Sport Fishing. Sailfish, roosterfish, dorado, marlin, tuna, wahoo and snapper are found along the Pacific coast. The Caribbean is well known for tarpon and snook. There are five regions that fishermen should know about. Between all of them, there is good fishing year round. The central Pacific includes Jaco, Hermosa, Quepos, and Manuel Antonio. The famous part of this area is the Los Suenos Marina. Anglers leave from there or Quepos to catch sailfish. They almost never come back disappointed. 12-20 miles offshore, the blue waters are full of sailfish,… Continue reading →
Costa Rica English Teaching News - Visa runs are a necessary part of life as an English teacher in Costa Rica. In part I of this series I discussed some of the options available in Costa Rica’s northern neighbor, Nicaragua. In part II, I discuss the other common destination for English teachers to take their mandatory vacation every 90 days: Panama.Part of the fun of a trip to Panama is the actual trip itself. Unlike Nicaragua, where Costa Rican bus company Tica Bus provides both comfort and ease in terms of getting to and across the border, no such service is… Continue reading →
Costa Rica News – Recently we had a case cross our desk about a squatter in Santa Ana. A client of WillSpy had a squatter living at their house. The local police would not do anything and the laws in Costa Rica were on the squatter’s side. This same problem is now happening at a wildlife reserve in Costa Rica. Thirty people began setting up shacks in Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, government owned land. This reserve is a wetland area in Los Chiles by the border of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The squatters informed police that they moved there “out… Continue reading →
Una inesperada tormenta con vientos huracanados de hasta 70 km por hora asotó la zona central del Pacífico de Costa Rica, específicamente entre Jacó y Golfito. Por lo menos un pescador está perdido en altamar y la comunidad de Manuel Antonio no cuenta con los servicios básicos de agua y electricidad.