pura vida costa rica

Costa Rica Living News – Living a longer life and fuller life has been a constant among human quests. Today, we are bombarded by constantly changing trends on what on…

Costa Rica News – I’m sitting in a few inches of water, eagerly anticipating the next big wave. When it comes, it’s far stronger than I expected it to be.…

“I’m thinking about moving to Costa Rica,” are words I hear every day, through emails, Facebook messages, and from people who have read my book about life as an expat…

Costa Rica News – When I was 15, I did a home-stay in a very tiny, very rural village in southwestern Costa Rica called Tres Piedras, and I fell in…

We wanted to have some of our writers to talk about things that they have encountered when they have come to live in Costa Rica.  These are things that happen…

We at The Costa Rican Times want to give some of our writers stories of why they came to Costa Rica and their experiences in the land of “Pura Vida”.…

Living in Costa Rica – Having taken the journey to Costa Rica 6 years ago, there are some cultural nuances that I have come to identify that are very common…

When it comes to Costa Rica many people wonder what exactly living “Pura Vida” actually means in Costa Rica.  With so many people coming to Costa Rica to retire and…