Monteverde has a lot to offer when it comes to beautiful landscapes. Supported by a joyful and progressive community and driven by sustainability, wherever you look in Monteverde, you will find beauty. Pure and wild, nature lives through everything, and it shows.

Costa Rica, from a distance, can look like the very essence of romance. To some, it is a realm of tropical beaches with warm waters and palm trees moved by the breeze. A place that seems to come out of a fantasy film.

Part 3 of the What on Earth is That? series is going to be all about veggies. If you’ve been following along and learning all about the amazingly varied selection of fruit available at your typical Costa Rican market, it won’t surprise you to find out that the vegetable selection here is just as exciting.

One of the most amazing things about Costa Rica is how much there is to see in such a small country. This is a country where you can wake up to see the sun rising on the Caribbean Sea and travel for just a few hours through breathtaking landscapes, climates, and life systems. From the luscious humid rainforests of the East Coast to the cloud forests upon the mountains and the rare dry tropical forest, you would see the sun setting on the Pacific Ocean.

One of the most amazing things about Costa Rica is how much there is to see in such a tiny place. This is a country where you can wake up to see the sun rising on the Caribbean sea and travel for just a few hours through breathtaking landscapes, climates, and life systems. From the luscious humid rainforests of the East coast to the cloud forests upon the mountains and the rare dry tropical forest, you would see the sun setting on the Pacific Ocean.

Adventure is a magical word, isn't it? Makes us think about colorful dresses in sophisticated textures, cliffs that fall into the infinite, bioluminescent seas, the face hit by the wind, fast roads passing under the car…

One of the most extraordinary things about traveling abroad is experiencing the many traditions, habits, perspectives, and lives of others. 

In the last post we talked about how many wild and wonderful new fruits you can find at the local markets, known as ferias, here in Costa Rica. In fact, when I started looking into it, there were too many for just one post. 

I was fortunate to spend some time at the Valle Escondido Nature Reserve recently. Unlike the Monteverde Cloud Forest and the others that I have mentioned in the past, Valle Escondido is a private reserve. It’s also a little lower in elevation, making it a transitional forest, instead of a cloud forest.