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This is the 'cathedral' in our Central Park of Perez Zeledon ... checking to see when it was renovated. Click here to see some history of...

What an amazing year 2014 has been ... we lost several wonderful friends ... and many lovely new babies joined us too. Sending you warm...

Costa Rica lost a national treasure this week ... one day short of his 69th birthday. Don Alvaro Ugalde Víquez will be mightily missed....

Sure hope you saw the amazing Full Moon last (Tuesday) nite .... it lit the skies for hours with magical energy. As most of you probably...

The weather has been so incredibly beautiful ... certainly hope all our new visitors and locals are enjoying it to the fullest. It is...

We've got rain ... we've got sun ... we've got rainbows ... we've got lots of new visitors exploring our beautiful part of the world!...

Once you've experienced a $200 price spike in the middle of your ticket search, your fourth 45-minute flight delay of the day, or your...

Highway officials plan to make the route from Puerto Jiménez to Carate in the Osa peninsula an all-weather road. This is about 43...

As I'm writing this ... the magical, vivid colours of the sunset are dancing in the distance ... such magnificence we enjoy here. The...

Oh, so many choices of different zones to choose from when coming to Costa Rica; each zone has characteristics of their own. Admittedly...

Warm Welcome to our Many New Readers! I'd like to know if there is anyone in the community that knows anything about wild mushrooms or...

Click on the picture to see some of the magnificent beauties of Costa Rica and when you get here, don't forget to visit us at the Perez...

Sending you all Springtime & Sacred Blessings for this very special week in Costa Rica ... most businesses and banks and transportation...

Although most of us here in the Southern Zone of Costa Rica are not being directed affected by the recent and perhaps ongoing eruptions...

Lovely sloth by Sandra Chandler Hiebert (I've been feeling pretty slothy myself) Matt’s Cook-Ass Culinary Retreat is happening at Finca...

Photo by Matthew Kritzer / Plucky Photography Viernes Santo (Good Friday) was a day to remember for a long, long time. Most of us in the...

As February has practically flown away ... our region has an influx of Envisionaries ... the year Envision has sold out and there are...

Now at the Feria you can enjoy the benefits of having a health center right where you shop. Our team of professionals at...

So, I became Costa Rica’s lover by Matthew Kritzer “I went back into the jungle, only this time for myself; I was on a mission to try to...

Banana Blossom by RedEarth Ruben Welcome to lots of new subscribers ... so happy to have you with us. A reminder that this Friday is...