Samasati is built into the jungle, up high in the mountains of the Talamanca region of Limon. The views are spectacular and wildlife is abundant. For now. But as more and more habitat gets sacrificed for the human demand for vacation homes in gated communities with stunning views, the deforestation continues and animals lose their [...]

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There is a great diversity of people living in Costa Rica´s Talamanca region in the southern Caribbean. The locals hail from Costa Rica, as well as the surrounding Caribbean islands. Many of the Ticos (locals) have ancestors who came from Jamaica two and three generations back and planted many of the wondrous fruit and palm [...]

The region where I will be staying through spring is considerd southern Caribbean, which is unique to Costa Rica in that it has been strongly influenced by Caribbean traditions of the people of Jamaica, Cuba, Honduras, Barbados and Puerto Rico. There is a distinct reggae style happening here with Rastafarian culture dominating much of the landscape. The culture [...]

With high speed Internet access at our fingertips in the USA in every home, school and place of business, it is hard to imagine how we access the Internet in Costa Rica. The Internet cafes are in larger towns and some smaller villages, but the speed is slow, wireless is relatively unheard of, and finding [...]

Tell me, what is it you will do with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver

Costa Rica is a tropical country situated between 8 and 11 degrees above the equator. It has only two seasons: dry and green. The dry season with very little rain is generally between December and April, and the green (wet) season lasts the rest of the year – May through November, but still offers an [...]