Costa Rica News - An investigation of the 1984 bombing that killed three journalists and four Nicaraguan rebels at a news conference has been closed after officials determined the only suspect died more than two decades ago, Costa Rica’s attorney general said Monday. Attorney General Jorge Chavarria said DNA tests verified the identity of suspect Roberto Vidal Gallini, who has been dead and buried in Argentina since 1989. Two Costa Rican cameramen, four Contra rebels from Nicaragua and U.S. journalist Linda Frazier were killed and more than 20 people were wounded in the blast at the village of La Penca, which… Continue reading →
Costa Rica Bachelor Parties – One of Costa Rica’s beautiful secrets is a company known as Pura Vida Bachelor Parties. The owners moved from the States and settled near Jaco, Costa Rica, specifically in Hermosa Beach. They call it a surfer’s paradise. They have hosted some of the best bachelor parties for guys coming down from the U.S. One of their frequently asked questions is about when to schedule the party. People often worry that the months before their wedding fall in the “rainy season.” At Pura Vida Bachelor Parties, they call the rainy season the “green season.” That’s because… Continue reading →
Changing my life meant changing everything. One thing you need to know about Costa Rica is that if you are coming here to escape some problem or some addiction this is not the country to do it in. You will be surrounded by people drinking, doing drugs and continuing their unethical behavior from their past. If you are an alcoholic and think that coming to Costa Rica will get you away from the bar scene in your hometown, you will probably drink more in CR. If you have a cocaine habit and you think that living in the rainforest or… Continue reading →
Costa Rica News - As per the Inter-American Development Bank, Costa Rica plans to update its infrastructure, both roads and ports. This should help people and goods move around more easily. That will strengthen the relationships between regions in the country and trade with other countries. The project can be completed due to the help of a $400 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and another loan, in the amount of $50 million, from the China Co-financing Fund for Latin America. They plan to repair or pave for the first time 110 km of the road network. Building and… Continue reading →
As I sat there on the beach, I still felt like there was something missing in my life. Was it love? Was it companionship? Was it just more money? Was it a family? I did not understand why I could not just be content with what I had currently in my life. There was still something causing me unhappiness in my life. When going through life there a few times when you can look back and say there was truly a crossroads where you could there were two paths which you could take. Although you could not see in the… Continue reading →
The incoming Comet ISON is undergoing dramatic brightening as it heads toward its Thanksgiving Day rendezvous with the sun, but if you are hoping to snap photos of the icy wanderer, you’ll need to be prepared.Officially known as C/2012 S1 (ISON), Comet ISON was discovered in September 2012 and has been billed by some as a potential “comet of the century” because of its potential to flare up into a brilliant night sky object. It is already visible to the naked eye for observers in dark-sky sites and is now sporting a long tail. If this icy cosmic visitor survives… Continue reading →