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Jaco Beach, Expats, relocating Why Moving to Jaco Beach Costa Rica is a Good Idea

When foreigners consider moving to Costa Rica or buying a vacation home in this paradise, they many times choose a beach community to enjoy everything that living in a warm tropical country has to offer. Costa Rica has coasts on both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, with miles and miles of beautiful beaches to explore, however, there are a few that have become favourites among expats, one of th...

Costa Rica New Years Party Where to Party on New Years in Costa Rica

If you still don’t have plans for this end of the year, there are several places in Costa Rica that are hosting dinners and parties in Costa Rica to welcome the New Year in style. Marriot Hotel: Say goodbye to 2017 Paris style. The beautiful hotel in Belen, Heredia has found the inspiration for its New Year celebration in this glamorous city. The party begins at 7 p.m. and will go on through 2 ...

2 Weeks of Free Concerts in Costa Rica During Baroque Music Festival

From October 24 to November 11, the XVIII International Festival of Baroque Music is being held, and all concerts are free. The activity is organized by the Santa Ana Municipal School of Integrated Arts (EMAI). The majority of the concerts will be held at the downtown Santa Ana musical school and at the Catholic church in Santa Ana. Free concerts will also be given at the Monteverde Institut...

Get Your Tickets to Rockpack : Members of Journey, Chicago, Toto and Kansas in Costa Rica

As The Costa Rica Star had announced back on September 16, Costa Rica will have the privilege of listening to several of the greatest rock hits of the 80’s in the voice of some of the members of the popular bands Toto, Chicago, Kansas and Journey. Tickets are now available for this unique concert that will take place November 19 at 5 p.m. Parque Viva in La Guacima, Alajuela. Kevin Chalfant ...

Escazu Bars Costa Rica Best Bars in Escazu, Costa Rica

The community of Escazú in Costa Rica continues to be one of the most exclusive areas in Costa Rica and also one of the epicenters of nightlife activities, following is a list of some of the best bars in Escazú. La Cantina: La Cantina has been around since 1993, it opens Monday through Saturday, it has karaoke on Fridays and Saturdays and live music during the week. Diverse food and drink menu,...

Helloween Concert Costa Rica Helloween – 2017 Reunion Concert in Costa Rica

German power metal bound Helloween will perform a concert in Costa Rica next October 23 as part of their tour Pumpkins United. This event has the particularity of bringing together the current members of the band and the founders of the same. The concert will take place at the BN Arena in Hatillo and it is the only stop in Central America. The production company Black Line Productions explai...

Grammy-Winning US Violinist Kicks off Costa Rican Symphonic Season

The National Symphonic Orchestra hosts virtuoso American violinist Philippe Quint as guest soloist this Friday, March 3, and again on Sunday, March 5, in the first 2017 Season concert at the National Theater, said the orchestra. The OSN returns to San José's glorious rennaissance theater under the baton of Conductor Carl St. Clair, who has led the group since 2014. Philippe Quint, who has wo...

Matthew Garrison Costa Rica American jazz bassist Matt Garrison, live at the Jazz Cafe Escazu -Feb. 16

American jazz bassist Matthew Garrison, will be performing live at the Jazz Café in Escazú, February 16. The New York musician described by the New York Times as ¨an electric bass virtuoso¨ will be presenting a Jazz Performance with electronic elements alongside Costa Rican artists David Vargas (drums) and Carlos ¨Tapado¨ Vargas (percussion), as well as New York producer/bassist Dan Freeman ...

Swingers Costa Rica Swinger Clubs and Hotels in Costa Rica

The sexual practice of swinging is basically understood as partner swapping, a practice in which both individuals in a committed relationship choose to have sex with others as a recreational activity and part of the couple’s sexual life. The practice of swinging has been around for many years, some consider it actually began in the 16th century, but it became more popular in the 20th century, e...

End of the Year Costa Rica Options to celebrate this end of the year in Costa Rica

If you live in Costa Rica, but you are one of many people that choose to stay away from the crowded beaches during this time of the year, and you are looking for options to do something different this end of the year we offer you some alternatives: Hard Rock Café: Friday, December 23 they will have “White X-Mas Party” a live show with Costa Rican Band “Los Ajenos”; starting at 9 p.m. December ...

Guanacaste Fashion Week 2018 Guanacaste Fashion Week will take place December 28

The third edition of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Guanacaste will take place December 28  at Hacienda Pinilla with the presence of talented Costa Rican designers. Fabrizzio Berrocal, Maria Lourdes Castro with her brand Guayaberi, Melissa Kopper of Truko Swimwear, and Evelyn Gomez and Iciar Telleria from Carmenta , will present their fashion proposals for the summer, the swimwear brands Solema...

Bright Light Boat Parade Quepos Costa Rica Marina Pez Vela in Quepos, Costa Rica will be hosting its Bright Lights Boat Parade this Friday

The “Festival de La Luz” or (Parade of Light) in Costa Rica is already a tradition in Costa Rica and will take place December 17 in San Jose. But the Christmas activities are not exclusive to the capital city, and for the third year in a row, the neighbors of Quepos in Puntarenas will have their own Bright Lights Boat Parade. Around 15 to 20 boats will bring lights and fun to residents of Quepo...

Costa Rica Entertainment Costa Rica: Art, Music and Films

Things to do in Costa Rica this weekend: Saturday, October 8 If you like opera, Eugene O’Neill Theater located in the main branch of Centro Cultural in San Pedro, will kick off their Live Opera season Saturday, October 8 at 10 a.m. from The Metropolitan Opera (MetLive in HD), with the play Tristan und Isolde, and opera in three acts by German Richard Wagner and based largely on the romance b...

Costa Rica: Events and Entertainment

Sometimes is difficult to find different things to do in Costa Rica, so here are some options of cultural events that will be taking place in the upcoming days: Film: The first lady of the revolution / Already in movie theaters This movie is based in the life of the U.S. author and journalist Henrietta Boggs, the first wife of Costa Rica’s former president Jose “Pepe” Figueres and his par...

Famous sex tourist David Strecker to face trial in November

Famous sex tourist David Strecker who was arrested in September 4, 2015, and is a prisoner in La Reforma, will face trial in Costa Rica in November for allegedly having engaged in the promotion of the country as a destination for sexual tourism, this through several online blogs, his facebook page and you tube videos. According to an article by Michael Krumholtz published in media website VICE ...

U.S. Sexual Tourists Swindled by Fake Costa Rica Escort Agency

Source: Pixabay Commons The promise of sexual gratification with young and attractive call girls in Costa Rica have caused would-be sexual tourists from the United States to fall for a scam. According to a recent report filed by Gustavo Retana of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the flim-flam starts with online postings on social media outlets and classified websites such as Craigslist. In some ...

Tantric Massage in Costa Rica: Therapy or Prostitution?

Source: Nu Essence Facebook In Costa Rica, there is a place where men and women, individually or as couples, can be gently touched and fondled in their erogenous zones for the purpose of inciting pleasure and relaxation. This place, which is located in the mountains of Escazu, has a jacuzzi and offers wine to guests. The above may sound like a description of a brothel, but it is actually a ...

Police Intercept Shipment of Pink Cocaine Bound for Costa Rica

Wikimedia CommonsDrug interdiction agents in Panama seized a major shipment of pink cocaine that was intended to reach Costa Rica before being repackaged and smuggled to the United States and Europe. According to a news report filed by Manuel Estrada of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the National Police of Colombia worked together with Panamanian law enforcement to arrest Alejandro Arboleda Uribe...

November Rain? Guns N’ Roses May Play Costa Rica

Source: Gun N' Roses Legendary rock band Guns N' Roses has officially announced its Latin American reunion tour, and the band's website lists Costa Rica as its final stop. Guns N' Roses fans from Costa Rica were excited to find the Chinese-donated National Stadium, located in La Sabana Metropolitan Park, listed for a concert appearance on November 26th, following a few dates in Brazil. I...

Porn Star DJ Sasha Grey Enthralled EDM Fans in Costa Rica

Wikimedia Commons Although Costa Rica has a fully developed and mature electronic dance music (EDM) scene that sees international artists perform regularly, the reception given to DJ Sasha Grey at Club Vertigo was quite enthusiastic for a very late Monday night. According to a news report filed by entertainment reporter Ariel Chaves Gonzalez of daily tabloid Diario Extra, Ms. Grey took the ...

Music Legend Prince Died From an Accidental Overdose

(Prince pictured in a publicity photo / MSA) Los Angeles, Jun 2 (EFE).- U.S. musician Prince died of an opioid overdose, according to the results of the autopsy performed on April 22. The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office, located in Ramsey, Minnesota, said the artist died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, adding in its report that the drug was self-administered. The artist had be...

Former Porn Star Will Play EDM Set in Costa Rica

Wikimedia Commons Electronic dance music artist Marina Ann Hantzis, better known as Sasha Grey, will perform in Costa Rica as part of her ongoing world tour, which has already stopped in Argentina, Chile and Peru. Ms. Hantzis has been involved in EDM since 2011, which was the year when she announced her retirement from the pornographic film industry. As Sasha Grey, she first gained notoriet...

EDM Party Drug Deaths: Lawyer and Coast Guard Under Investigation

Source: US DEA Buenos Aires, May 6 (EFE).- An Argentine court put three accused drug dealers on trial Friday in the case of five revelers who died from consuming synthetic designer drugs during an electronic music festival last month in Buenos Aires. Judicial sources confirmed to EFE that Judge Sebastian Casanello put the three men on trial, including two foreign nationals, for suspected dr...

Fear of Designer Drugs: Argentina Court Bans EDM Clubs

Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Apr 29 (EFE).- A judge lifted a precautionary ruling that temporarily prohibited discotheque and dance festival activities in the Argentine capital on grounds that they lack the necessary controls to guarantee participants' safety, following the death of five youths two weeks ago at an electronic music fest. In a ruling to which EFE had access, Buenos Aires J...

Jaco Beach is a Great Tropical Destination for Poker Players

Wikimedia Commons Jonathan Zaun, editor of Newswire.net, recently published an article about how the international poker circuit has been transformed in recent years, and he mentioned Jaco Beach as one of the best tropical destinations for "poker refugees." As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, poker refugees are those players from the United States who were affected by the Black F...

U.S. Expat Allegedly Swindled Strip Club Patrons in Costa Rica

Source: Pixabay Commons Members of a credit card cloning crew arrested in Costa Rica earlier this week reportedly placed skimmers at nude cabarets, among other commercial establishments, where they made off with account information that was ultimately used to make fraudulent purchases and payments. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, a citizen of the United States was one of four...

Reggae to the Rescue: California Band Will Play in Costa Rica

Rebelution DOMINICAL DE OSA, Costa Rica - March 25, 2016 - PRLog -- Rebelution will be performing for their first time in Costa Rica. "Reggae to the Rescue" will be hosted by the surf mecca of Dominical, on July 16th, 2016, and will take place at Patrons. The organizers are donating 100% of the funds raised to benefit Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary, a non profit organization, and help them expand ...

The Flying Pimp: U.S. Pilot Allegedly Ran a Prostitution Network

Source: Pixabay Commons As a commercial pilot and flight school instructor, Bruce Wayne (seriously) Wallis flew air passengers around the world for a major United States airline; however, when darkness set upon the Lone Star State, he became Bruno the Pimp, a prostitution impresario who managed a network of brothels in Houston. According to a news report filed by Brian Rogers of the Houston...

Politicians in Costa Rica Debate Sexual Tourism and Prostitution

Source: Pixabay Commons The government of Costa Rica has failed to protect victims of sex trafficking who are sometimes forced to become prostitutes for North American and European sexual tourists. Such was the statement presented to the Human Rights Commission of the Legislative Assembly by the Socialist Christian Union (Spanish initials: PUSC), a major political party in Costa Rica that has ...

The Stage is Set for Iron Maiden and Anthrax to Rock Costa Rica

Source: Iron Maiden One of the most elaborate musical stages in the history of the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in Tibas has been prepared for legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden, whose members will rock Costa Rica with the help of thrash metal pioneers Anthrax tonight.   Heavy metal fans have been camping outside the stadium for two weeks to catch Iron Maiden perform a Central Ameri...

Sordid Scandal in Honduras Involves Call Girls from Costa Rica

Source: FreeStockPhotos.biz Prosecutors in Honduras have added two glamour models from Costa Rica to the list of defendants involved in a major scandal involving sex, drugs, money laundering, and the massive swindling of that country’s Social Security system.   According to a report published by La Tribuna, a national newspaper in Honduras, the names of the Costa Rican women have be...

Social Crack Use in Costa Rica

By Alexis Barrera (Al Bar) of Oaktown Crack Comics.http://pixolid.com/Home/About/http://oaktowncrack.com/bios/index.html - http://oaktowncrack.com/Smoking_Crack/index.html, http://pixolid.com/Home/Archives/See , for additional information., CC BY-SA 3.0At any given time, someone in Costa Rica might be getting high by smoking crack, the freebase form of cocaine. Popular wisdom would suggest that ...

Strip Club Found Inside Crack House in Costa Rica

Officers from the Drug Control Police force (Spanish initials: PCD) in Costa Rica were surprised to find a fully operational nude cabaret within a drug den located in the Goicoechea metropolitan canton of San Jose. The incident occurred on Wednesday and was reported by means of an official press release issued by the Ministry of Public Security (Spanish initials: MSP). PCD agents had received m...

Male Prostitution Scandal Hits National Police in Colombia

YouTube/Google under Creative Commons 2.0 Bogota, Feb 16 (EFE).- Deputy Interior Minister Carlos Ferro resigned on Tuesday a few hours after he was linked with an alleged male prostitution network extending into Colombia's National Police, official sources told EFE. Ferro's resignation was seen as part of an internal restructuring of the Interior Ministry, the sources said. Earlier Tuesd...

Envision Festival Costa Rica Among the Best in the World

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fest300, the most comprehensive guide to the world's best festivals, announced today its annual list of the 300 most highly regarded festivals from around the globe. Making this year's list were returning favorites Glastonbury (Pilton, UK), Diwali (India), and Envision (Costa Rica), as well as list newcomers Electric Zoo (New York, USA) and Cape Town In...

Bartender Allegedly Sold Cocaine at Backpacker Nightspot

Wikimedia Commons Agents from the Office of Judicial Investigation (Spanish initials: OIJ) arrested a bartender in Playa Sámara, province of Guanacaste, and charged him with dealing drugs at a popular beachfront bar frequented by North American expats, tourists and backpackers. According to a news report published by Andres Rojas Solano of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the arrest took place a...

The Zika Virus and Sexual Tourism in San Jose, Costa Rica

Source: Pixabay Commons Concerns about the fast spread of the Zika virus in the Americas are keeping public health officials on their toes, and discussion about the often uncomfortable topic of sexual tourism is emerging as a sort of side effect. As recently reported by The Costa Rica Star, the first endemic case of the Zika virus in our country appears to have been contracted by a tourist ...

Call Girls from Costa Rica are Highly Paid in Honduras

Source: Pixabay Commons On any given day at the Del Rey Hotel and Casino in San Jose, dozens of prostitutes and their prospective clients converge at the main bar to engage in the perennial business activity of haggling for sexual services. In Costa Rica, entire websites are dedicated to instructing North American and European sexual tourists to not pay more than $100 per sexual tryst, whic...

Tennis Legend’s Ex-Wife Writes About Cocaine and Sex Addiction

Wikimedia Commons Swedish tennis star Bjorn Borg is part of a generation of players who dazzled fans with not only blistering court performances but also with their off-the-court hedonism and excesses. Along with Vitas Gerulaitis, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors, Borg was known as an international tennis playboy whose personal life was filled with a succession of wild parties and sexy celebriti...

Jailed Bikini Model from Costa Rica Threatened Suicide

Source: Facebook A swimsuit and lingerie model from Costa Rica will be evaluated by a prison psychiatrist in Nicaragua after she allegedly expressed strong suicidal intentions. Such was the report broadcast by Nicaraguan news radio station La Nueva Ya yesterday about Kathia Adriana Corella, who has been incarcerated in that country since early December. As previously reported by The Costa R...