Craft Beer from Costa Rica (PRWEB) March 20, 2015 - Manuel Antonio, home to the luxury bungalows and villas of Tulemar Resort, has long been a destination for world travelers, offering world renowned beaches and lush jungles with a bio-diversity that cannot be experienced anywhere else. With the high volume of visitors from December through March, comes the unfortunate reality of an accumulation...

British actor Daniel Craig performs during the shooting of the 24th James Bond movie 'Spectre' in Rome, Italy. EFE Mexico City, Mar 19 (EFE).- Location shooting for "Spectre," the latest film in the James Bond series, moves this week to Mexico City, where numerous street closings are planned. A number of streets will closed on Thursday in the capital, where vehicular access from some thorou...

Source: Rythmia MALIBU, Calif., March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Scott Disick is checking into Rythmia Life Advancement Center (RLAC) in Costa Rica to take advantage of the center's highly regarded iboga treatment plan. Scott Disick is better known as the husband of Kourtney Kardashian; they have three children. Kourtney Kardashian and her family are both notable and notorious for their starr...

A galllopinto breakfast during Lent. Wikimedia Commons In Costa Rica, the Lent season coincides with beautiful weather and traditions that are emblematic of the religious heritage of this country. By virtue of her Constitution, Costa Rica is a Roman Catholic country, and thus the Lent season is always special. The following recommendations for visiting our country during this time are kindly p...

Source: Sibu Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica (PRWEB) March 13, 2015 - Tulemar Resort, located in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, is proud to expand on its longstanding partnership with Sibu Chocolates by adding the Costa Rican gourmet chocolate company's assorted chocolate bars to their supply for sale. Tulemar, a unique resort with privately owned vacation bungalows and villas for rent, first started ...

Source: Sony Pictures Guadalajara, Mexico, Mar 11 (EFE).- Mexican actress Stephanie Sigman says having a part in "Spectre," the latest James Bond film, is "a dream job." "You want to be in those movies. These are dream jobs you want to keep getting," Sigman said in an interview with Efe during a break in promoting "Alicia en el país de María," an entry in the Guadalajara Film Festival. S...

Female tourists in Costa Rica Harriet Lewis, veteran traveler and vice chair of Overseas Adventure Travel, the leader in small groups on the road less traveled, is offering a free copy of "101 Tips for Women Travelers", which is now available in print. The slim, 86-page, 6 x 9 booklet is geared toward female boomers and seniors interested in learning how to make international travel as easy, a...

Source: Pixabay Commons The stereotype of sexual tourists in Costa Rica being older, gray-haired, North American and European men long past their primes is being shattered in the 21st century by a new generation of libidinous travelers who happen to be younger, and -in some cases- female. In a recent article by Tim Rogers of online media network Fusion.net, the author visited two well-known...

Source: Wikimedia Commons MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Centroamerica TV, the official channel of the Central American community in the U.S., recently launched on Cox Communications cable systems in San Diego, Arizona, Las Vegas, Omaha, Orange County, Kansas, Northwest Arkansas, the Central Coast, and Sun Valley, significantly expanding Centroamerica TV’s distribution throughout the national Cox Com...

Special offer ends March 21st 2015 In Costa Rica, there is only one place where visitors can enjoy a Las Vegas-style vacation with all the amenities and comfort that this type of entertainment implicates. That place is Croc's Casino Resort, which is located in the Central Pacific coast, specifically in the world-famous resort town of Jaco Beach. Croc's Casino Resort is unique in many ways. ...

Costa Rica Unlimited Facebook San Jose, Costa Rica, March 06, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Costa Rica Unlimited, the premiere off-road dirt bike motorcycle tour company, is proud to announce the addition of two (2) new unique tour experiences; the Dual-Sport County Crossing and the X-Treme Adventure Package, both set to launch April 3, 2015.   Ride Costa Rica with "Unlimited" Options Dirt Bike ...

Harrison Ford and Wife Calista Flockhart. Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Mar 5 (EFE).- U.S. actor Harrison Ford is in stable condition after the small plane he was flying crashed on a golf course near the Santa Monica, California, airport, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to People magazine on Thursday. The injuries sustained by the 72-year-old star of the "St...

Rachel Brathen at the Envision Festival. Source: Instagram One of the highlights of the recent Envision Festival in the pristine southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica was Rachel Brathen and her yoga sessions. Ms. Brathen is also known as Yoga Girl, and her yoga workshops and retreats in Costa Rica are legendary. In fact, she is currently conducting a Costa Rica yoga retreat at Selva Armonia in ...

British actor Daniel Craig performs during the shooting of the 24th James Bond movie 'Spectre' in Rome, Italy. EFE By Laura Serrano-Conde   Rome, Mar 1 (EFE).- James Bond, the world's most famous spy, has taken over Rome, participating in car chases along the banks of the Tiber River and parachuting over the Sisto bridge during the filming of his new adventure, "Spectre."   ...

Flickr Commons What is productivity really about? It essentially refers to doing more and more things in less time. Productivity is very important in this contemporary age of hectic work schedules. As we all know, time management is the most important and most talked about aspect of increasing productivity. As unexpected and unimportant tasks consume time, it is good to abstain from them by al...

File photo of U.S. actor Leonard Nimoy, who played the extraterrestrial Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV series and movie saga "Star Trek," and who died Friday at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, at age 83 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. EFE/File Los Angeles, Feb 27 (EFE).- Actor Leonard Nimoy, who played the extraterrestrial Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV series and movie saga "Star Trek," d...

Main Post Office in Costa Rica In recent years, Costa Rica has been working on implementing a system of street signs, numbered buildings and even postal codes to combat what some people perceive as an antiquated system of cardinal directions and descriptions based on old (and sometimes dubious) landmarks. Thanks to navigation and mapping technology such as GPS, Waze and Google Maps, mail carri...

Source: Tulemar Resort (PRWEB) February 27, 2015 - Tulemar Resort, located in the Manuel Antonio and Quepos area of Costa Rica, was thrilled to see the Fiestas de Quepos of 2015 kick off this past week. The Fiestas de Quepos are an annual week long gathering of the town in order to raise money for civic causes and celebrate all things Costa Rican with one another. The resort, which offers luxu...

Source: Fair Play Labs SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica - Feb. 26, 2015 - Fair Play Labs revealed today that Color Guardians, a new action title where side-scrolling action meets tricky, multi-faceted obstacles and objectives, will launch simultaneously for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the PlayStation®Vita portable entertainment system, Windows, and Mac OS on April 14, 2015. Color Guar...

Were You Can FInd Me Sheri Joseph has received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and the Grub Street National Book Prize, among other awards. She lives in Atlanta and teaches in the creative writing program of Georgia State University. In her latest novel, Where You Can Find Me, features Costa Rica as a familiar fictional backdrop: A benevolent place where North Americans can escape...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Luxury travel to Costa Rica is all the rage these days, and this is a trend that tour operators and travel consultants are paying close attention to. To this effect, Canadian travel agencies such as Vision Travel are focusing on putting together extensive tourism packages that encompass several regions of Costa Rica, and which require several days to visit. The idea i...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Drones are invading Costa Rica, and so far that seems to be a good thing. The Costa Rica Star has been recently reporting on the resurgence of aerial photography and filming in our country, which happens to be irresistible for aerial photographers and drone operators who like to attach cameras to their unmanned aircraft.   The masterful video below was rece...

Source: Wikimedia Commons The life and times of one of the most iconic and controversial musicians in the history of rock 'n' roll have been adapted for the stage by a Costa Rica-based author. Some readers of The Costa Rica Star and Jaco Beach residents are familiar with Britt Nelson, a man with a long and illustrious journalism career in the United States. Growing up in the DC area in the ...

Source: Paints and Cocktails Costa Rica is quickly becoming a major destination for various types of learning programs. From Spanish as a Second Language to coding and from yoga to Krav Maga, quite a few international academies are choosing to establish a presence in Costa Rica in order to give students a fun and relaxing location to augment their learning. An interesting new academy, which wi...

Playa Samara Triathlon Over the last few years, Costa Rica has become the number one destination for adventure sports and high-endurance athletic competitions. Many of these events take place in the Guanacaste region, and thus many athletes have already made this province their temporary home for training purposes. Runners, competitive cyclists, open water swimmers, and endurance hikers who tr...

Every year, lonely hearts around the world dread the prospect of spending Valentine's Day without a special someone to spend it with. Such is the case in Costa Rica and any other country where Valentine's Day is observed as a holiday that celebrates romantic love. This being the 21st century and an exciting period within the Information Age, lonely hearts in Costa Rica who are in a hurry to find a...

Costa Rica Beerfest 2015 Lovers of craft beer and microbrewery creations in Costa Rica will be able to enjoy their first festival of the year this coming Saturday, March 7th in San Jose; this is when Beerfest 2015 will take place at La Sabana Metropolitan Park, close to the Scotiabank branch. For this year's Beerfest, attendees will be treated to more than just craft beers proudly made in C...

Originally from Kingdom of Spain, and inspired by medieval jousts, 'La Carrera de Cintas' is one of various equestrian events in Costa Rica, particularly in the province of Guanacaste, which is renowned for its cowboy (sabanero) identity and culture. The essence of this equestrian tournament is to catch the colorful tape positioned on a rope, which is hoisted up at about 3 meters from the groun...

What is life like when you quit your job, pack your bags and decide to start over in Costa Rica? For author Nadine Hays Pisani from the United States, the result of her adventurous experience has left her feeling Happier than a Billionaire. Quite a few longtime readers of The Costa Rica Star are familiar with Ms. Hays’ breezy prose and engaging literary style. We have published articles penned by ...

Many foreign visitors who stay in Costa Rica long enough to enjoy the locally produced and bottled Coca-Cola are bound to think that the popular carbonated drink tastes better here than it does in their countries of origin. These are mostly visitors who come from Canada, the United States, Europe, and generally outside of Latin America and the Caribbean. Is there really a difference between Coca-C...

Playa Junquillal is part of the charming communities that make up the Gold Coast of Costa Rica. This quiet beach town is located about 30 kilometers west of Santa Cruz and 20 kilometers south of the major expat enclave of Tamarindo Beach. Playa Junquillal is about as quiet, serene, relaxed, and authentic as you can get in Costa Rica. Here you can find an estuary, choice breaks, a savannah, a handf...

Giamo Jackson Carter Each year, dozens of people from around the world arrive in Costa Rica to volunteer in various special programs and projects that aim to improve the living conditions of both Ticos and foreign visitors in our country. There are many wonderful volunteer opportunities in our country, and one of them is in the teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) field. Despite the ...

Traveling on a shoestring budget and backpacking through Europe seem to be vestiges of travel trends from the late 20th century. Luxury travel and upscale, all-inclusive vacations are the current hot tourism trend, and Costa Rica seems to be doing quite well in that regard. According to this amazing press release from the Travel Leaders Group in the United States, Cuba is one of the up-and-comi...

Source: Tulemar Resort There is a growing list of resort properties in Costa Rica that have been earning the coveted TripAdvisor Awards. This latest TripAdvisor Award recipient is located in the pristine Manuel Antonio National Park in the Southern Pacific coast. Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica (PRWEB) January 30, 2015 - The annual TripAdvisor "Traveler's Choice" awards have been announced, and ...

“Diversity in reflection; unity in action. These, dear friends, must be our greatest strength and the joint effort that must guide our community.” Such was the statement by Luis Guillermo Solis, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, during the opening ceremony of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), one of the most powerful blocs in the Americas.   Although t...

It is no surprise that many expatriate families arrive in Costa Rica with high expectations of experiencing a greater quality of life, at least better than in the communities they left behind. We often get to learn about the expat experience from the adults and heads of families, but what about their children? What are their expectations and reactions about being away from home and moving to Costa...

Many of the roller coaster attractions at the Parque Nacional de Diversiones (National Amusement Park) in Costa Rica have already thrilled and entertained thousands of riders in other countries. Such is the case of Boomerang, a thrilling roller coaster designed and built by the dependable Dutch firm Vekoma. Boomerang was rescued from Playcenter, a Brazilian amusement park located in the outskir...

Source: Facebook At the Miss Universe awards ceremony held in South Florida on Sunday night, a few contestants stood out as crowd favorites even before the judges took their seats and the pageantry began. On the popular network Twitter, the name of Miss Costa Rica Karina Ramos was mentioned hundreds of thousands of times. There were very high expectations about Miss Costa Rica taking the Miss ...

Source: Facebook The 63rd edition of the renowned Miss Universe international beauty pageant will be held on January 25, 2015 in Miami, and a beautiful woman from Heredia will be representing Costa Rica. It is widely held that the city of Heredia and its environs yield the highest percentage of pretty women in our country, although the communities may disagree on this fact. Still, only two pag...

A new April 2015 Southern Costa Rica: Birding and Nature Tour designed to explore Costa Rica’s rich avian diversity is announced by Naturalist Journeys. Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 01, 2015 - Naturalist Journeys, a top nature and birding tour company, announces a new Southern Costa Rica: Birding & Nature Tour from April 8-18, 2015. Travelers will explore Costa Rica’s stunning array of birds...