September 8, 1502 Christopher Columbus arrived on the Atlantic Coast of Costa Rica near the present city of Limon. The native Indians greeted the Spaniards with interest and brought them cotton cloth, gold pendants as well as weapons-clubs, bows and arrows. The Indians wore gold mirrors around their necks. The Spaniards were impressed because they […]
HOW DO COSTA RICANS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS? By Eating Tamales.They gather the families together and eat tamales. The Costa Rican Tamale is made from corn masa as the base and it is filled with many different ingredients. Among these are primarily pork, and then add sweet red pepper, carrots, green beans, olives, finely chopped garlic, onions, […]
ART GALLERY IN ALAJUELA Xinia and I visited an art gallery in Alajuela Sr Y Sra Ese Here you can see works of art made of exotic woods, such as jewelry, vases, boxes, and many other gift items. The most famous is the beautiful hand crafted wooden jewelry. The gallery offers a factory tour which […]
Typical Costa Rican Food as experienced by my friend Jack who also writes a travel blog. The Great Culinary of Costa Rica-Typical Costa Rican food. In Costa Rica it’s really interesting how the people cook well, but with simple recipes. The dishes are basically made with rice, beans, maize, vegetables and bananas! The famous and […]
Congratulations to Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica’s first female president, elected with 46% of the votes cast, sixty years after women were first allowed to vote in Costa Rica. Ms Chinchilla was Oscar Arias’ Vice President and Minister of Justice. She pledges to put security at the top of her agenda. She also pledged to support […]
Artist Group Being Formed in the Central Valley of Costa Rica “ART WASHES AWAY FROM THE SOUL THE DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE.” Pablo Picasso The new artist group has a name ” Conjunto De Artistas” and is the brainchild of Jan Yatsko. Jan and her husband have been living in Atenas for eleven years. She […]
Blue Moon Over Costa Rica, A Very Happy New Year! Costa Rica has something celestial to ring in the New Year. It’s the Blue Moon. But is it really blue? No it isn’t. The name it seems comes from folkloric tales from times past. When two full moons occurred in the same calendar month, meaning […]
What Do the Real Costa Ricans do To Celebrate The New Year? The Real Costa Ricans head to the beaches to celebrate New Years. They go by car, by bus, and even by horse. They stay in the expensive hotels, modest hotels, family owned beach houses, and even in tents. The beaches all over Costa […]
Some More Costa Rica History: Revolutions A Plurp of Costa Rica’s History Costa Rica today is a social democracy with presidential elections held every four years. The present constitution was adopted in 1949, and provides for a set of checks and balances. At that time the military was abolished and a civil police force […]