Don Regulo Gonzales is a 70-year-old-man; at the age of 14, he came from Esparza to Platanillo. While going to school, he met his future wife Judith Solis C. Years later they got married, and […]
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Guillermo Ástua Zúñiga, known as Memo Madriz
In 1956, Memo and his parents left Turrialba to move to his godparents’ farm called La Concepción. For Memo, only 10 years old, school and games had finished. He had to work in the fields […]
Continue reading“Make an enjoyable experience of each situation” – A very useful Mantra
Recently, a very powerful thought came into my mind, and it has become my most essential mantra. It all began one incredibly hot day; it was one of those days when from the very beginning […]
Continue readingDon Fernando, Bahia’s last fisherman
In the village, they call him Casco; he came 30 years ago from Quepos to Bahia – Uvita, Costa Ballena. Back then, he worked as captain of a 39-feet boat, with a crew of six […]
Continue readingStone Spheres – sculptured by an advanced, observant, and very knowledgeable culture
We met the Costa Rican artist Hannya Buentemeyer at the Farmers Market in Uvita. She traveled from San Jose to attend the talks within the framework of the Festival of the Spheres, which took place at […]
Continue readingThe Spheres (2011)
The spheres are perfectly round, mysterious and have their abode in the South Pacific of Costa Rica. The spheres are a pre-Columbian Indian heritage that arouses passions, tall tales and even monumental astronomical conjectures
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