SUD: An Unconventional Restaurant

~ by Dagmar ReinhardThis place is quite big, well ventilated, has several levels, and is in a very lush garden. There is a lounge, a library, a multipurpose area, and a beautiful bar. You will definitely find your own […]

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Fresh At The Feria: Salt - Osa, Uvita, Costa Ballena - Ballena Tales

Fresh At The Feria: Salt

~ by Luba NikolayevSalt, the magical ingredient that makes flavors come alive, was once called “White Gold” by the Romans and for good reasons. Every cell in our body needs salt to function, and giving the body […]

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Keep your Distance… - Osa, Uvita, Costa Ballena - Ballena Tales

Keep your Distance…

by Vet. Fernando Riera S.The skunk is always associated to its penetrating and fetid smell, as well as the Pepe le Pew cartoons, the Casanova skunk from the 1950s. The skunk’s “perfume” is its defense method against predator […]

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Sibu’s beer

~ by Carlos LeónHere in Uvita, capital of Costa Ballena, in Costa Rica’s South Pacific, there is a very special place called Sibu Restaurant and Coffee House. Mariana and Atila, its owners, are craft beer lovers and wanted […]

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They gave it all up… - Osa, Costa Ballena, Uvita - Ballena Tales

They gave it all up…

~ by Dagmar ReinhardThey gave it all up……and made it happen when they recently moved to Costa Rica with their family. Shopi still remembers that moment, 13 years ago, when he made a decision to change his […]

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