A troubling spike in gang-related robberies, break-ins and extortion crimes in Costa Rica has forced the US to declare a ...

When we moved to Costa Rica 12+ years ago, my new job managing a small non-profit brought us to a little beach town in Guanacaste. Life here has been good. Stunning beaches. Abundant nature and ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Five minutes after leaving the rental car center in San Jose, my husband turned to me and said, “Maybe we should have gotten the extra insurance.” Maybe indeed. We would spend ...

Giant potholes, washed-out roads, drivers passing around blind corners… the list of driving hazards in Costa Rica seems endless. This article is a primer or introduction to safe and competent driving ...

Q. We plan on driving to Costa Rica from Virginia in October, as we have a 4-year-old Labrador retriever that we don't want to have fly in an airplane's cargo section. Will this drive be a fabulous ...