Costa Rica Things to see and do Travel Articles

Arenal Costa Rica – Where the Volcano Blows! – Arenal, Costa Rica

Coast-aah Rica – Costa Rica

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Terrorism & Costa Rica

This IS a travel story, I promise. My roommate’s boyfriend called my house and said, in Spanish, “Have you seen the news? Put it on CNN!” So, I did. What I saw disturbed me beyond belief. The Twin Towers were destroyed. I was snuggled in my house drinking a Pilsen in Costa Rica. After the [...]

More Observations from a Costa Rican Insider

Qualifying Statement #10 This is a tirade. Also, it is a correction to any mis-statements in any previous articles written by me. Please refer to Observations from a Costa Rican Insider. 1) You know what really chaps my little, brown, Mexican-American bottom? Turistas (Tourists). You know, I used to be a friendly, outgoing, helluva nice [...]

Elias, Ronald and Ronald’s Dog

Qualifying Statement #4 I really don’t care about what other people in the world are doing. As long as their silliness doesn’t infringe upon my “plan,” then so be it. But, on occasion, I do take notice of what is happening in the street. If you are ever in Jaco, Costa Rica for any period [...]

The Jungle – San Jose, Costa Rica

Qualifying Statement #8 This article is dedicated to Joy Rothke, my harshest critic. Well, I came sliding back into San Jose, Costa Rica, last Saturday afternoon. Four months in The States was all that I could stand, even with the fact that I was trading options – my favorite thing in the whole world besides [...]

Gaming Costa Rica

I am sitting at my computer at my current location in the United States and I am staring at three, 100 Colon coins (less than $1US) from my stay in Costa Rica. I think that that is about how much I am “up” from my time in casinos in Costa Rica, but HEY, I’m still [...]

Breaking the Law, Breaking the Law

Qualifying Statement #5 In order to support my nefarious ways, I have to work. It doesn’t matter if it is as a stockbroker in Atlanta, Georgia or a hotel night auditor in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. So here is how you do it in Costa Rica. I came rolling into Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica at [...]

Sportfishing on the South Central Coast

The Pacific Coast of Costa Rica offers some of the best sportfishing in the world. I have lived in two of the three major sportfishing ports of the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Here is the best advice that I can give: If you can’t pay the money to go on a nice trip, save [...]

Jaco, Costa Rica is for Gunslingers

Qualifying Statement #3 I have always been most comfortable in the backroom of a seedy bar with the gangsters and the hookers and the dealers and the pimps, which, by default, usually includes the Police. Take, for example, The Northside Tavern in Atlanta, Georgia, where there is a knifing every Saturday night or The Clermont [...]