The first continent we traveled to as jubilados (Spanish for retirees).
In art galleries, at markets and on street corners in Oaxaca, you see all sorts of alebrijes, brightly coloured Mexican sculptures of fantastical creatures, simple and affordable, refined
How did it happen? How did Costa Ricans (Ticos) come to protect 28% of their country from development, to have a national park system that biologist
When Ben, our guide for seven days in Costa Rica, asked us what wildlife we hoped to see, the number one response was “a quetzal.”
Carretas (oxcarts). Cafetals (coffee plantations). What could the two possibly have in common? Both are internationally recognized symbols of Costa Rica.
Why are we drawn to the primal force of falling water? To waterfalls cascading in continuous motion, ceaseless renewal, perpetual reshaping? The ancient Greeks philosophized
For days my brain jumped around trying to figure out how to tell you about the capuchin monkeys that thrilled us on the Osa Peninsula.
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