The Costa Rica Issue

A little bit of pura vida.

How to live to be 100 years old. Main feature interview with pro-surfer Carlos Munoz. What animals to avoid petting when visiting Costa Rica. Football (soccer) you can play anywhere. Couple of sloths. How a Costa Rican coffee bean makes its way to a Brooklyn coffee shop. A closer look at the budding art scene around the country. A helpful map to find your way.

Conserving Where the Wild Things Are

Conserving Where the Wild Things Are

Sea turtles all the way down.
Tastemakers

Tastemakers

Literally.
Bring Your Own Bolsa

Bring Your Own Bolsa

Long live the farmers.
Cali Makes the Cut

Cali Makes the Cut

“My life is a song.”
A Love Letter to Costa Rica

A Love Letter to Costa Rica

From Sendero with intention I wasn’t looking for love. My family came to Costa Rica when our son was 10 months old. We had…
The Art of Mejenga

The Art of Mejenga

A church, a bar and a football field.
Perspectives: Costa Rica Edition

Perspectives: Costa Rica Edition

The Views On and Off The Coast If you think about Costa Rica a bit too quickly the first thing that might come to…
Pura Vida

Pura Vida

An interview with a few Costa Rican locals If you’ve made it this far you’ve maybe come across the term “pura vida” already. If…
Animals That Can Kill You

Animals That Can Kill You

How to maybe not die in the Costa Rican wilderness Written by Sylvia Dean and Jordon KaplanIllustrated by Alex Balosie (Animal Planet voice-over announcer,…
Made In Costa

Made In Costa

Behind the art and the artists … By Alessandra Rincon Most people consider visiting Costa Rica because of its widely recognized natural beauty, legendary…
100 Years and Counting

100 Years and Counting

Blue Zones We’re still trying to find the exact coordinates of the ever-elusive fountain of youth, but our current best guess is somewhere on…
From Bean to Brew

From Bean to Brew

A Costa Rican bean makes its way to the big apple Written by Emily Bloch By the time a latte finds its way to…