Las Rocas de Amancio

By Dagmar Reinhard Photos Isidro Obando Vargas Don Amancio Vargas Obando was born in Guápiles (Limón) and raised in Quepos. He worked with the Banana company, where he also met his future wife, Zaida. He was 26 […]

The Sounds of Nature…

Our workshop for women is enhancing. WE are going to sing together to heal, enjoy, and harmonize our life with nature.

We will learn to listen to the earth, look at nature with new eyes, and discover how Mother Earth creates health and well-being through her sounds.

Mind The Gap!

By Perry Gladstone As the Costa Ballena grows, it attracts people from all walks of life, each of us with his or her own ideas and beliefs of how things work. This is both an opportunity […]

Glass Frogs in Costa Ballena

By César Barrio Amorós A type of frog not very well known is the glass frog. Glass frogs are small and very beautiful; they are an important addition to my night tours, mainly because they […]

Beautiful Products

Simple Tools By Susie Atkinson Basic, crude, primitive – these are all words that may come to mind when one thinks of the humble backstrap loom – a description that obscures the fact that some […]

The Dominical Farmers’ Market

By Trevor Brown The availability of fresh fruits and vegetables is an important aspect of healthy living in Costa Ballena where we are very lucky to have such a wide variety of fresh food. Although […]