Costa Rica Travel Blog

Photo courtesy of Dulsori This Sunday, October 2nd Korean performance company Dulsori is offering a free show in downtown San José, Costa Rica. Created in 1984, Dulsori has traveled the world performing its unique mix of traditional Korean rhythms with modern percussion arrangements for nearly three...

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra performing at Alice Tully Hall in 2010. (Hiroyuki Ito) This Thursday, August 4, the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble will be performing live in the foyer of the National Theater as part of Costa Rica’s Third International Jazz Festival. The headquarters of the Festival are in the...

Independence Day Costa Rica Flag March As Americans get ready to celebrate the 4thof July, Costa Ricans are already immersed in preparations for their independence day festivities around the corner in September. Kids have marching band rehearsals, practice traditional dance routines and get fitted for...

In Costa Rica, thousands of patients with blood diseases as leukemia, severe forms of anemia or severe problems with blood clotting, blood transfusion-dependent, depend on regular blood donations to live. As reported by Irene Rodriguez of La Nation, today, June 14th, marks the Day of Voluntary Blood...

If you’re planning a trip to Costa Rica in July, the Dia de Guanacaste is worth marking the calendar and setting the GPS for. A big street festival commemorating the annexation of Guancaste from Nicaragua on July 25th, 1825, Dia de Guanacaste is celebrated annually all week long in Liberia, the capital...

Puerto Viejo celebrates its 42nd anniversary as a municipality of Talamanca with a weekend of festivities that kicks off today with live music, games, and traditional Tico fare. Friday night, Gregory Cabrera will get crowds in the mood to party with his highly danceable tunes, and on Saturday the biggest...

Affectionately referred to as La Abuelita (the grandmother),an immaculate Indian 1909 made by the Hendee Manufacturing Company greets visitors to the Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo (MADC) this month. At 102 years old, this bike is the most ancient of the 40 motorcycles on display for the exhibit...

Lizard King Cheeseburger The otherwise sleepy seaside village of Puerto Viejo de Limon comes alive more than elsewhere in Costa Rica on special occasions. Christmas, New Year’s and Semana Santa Easter Week are the most festive times by far,  but with Earth Day in the mix, April in Puerto...

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Reggae Ping Pong Tournament at the Lazy Mon, here is another table-top sporting event for those looking for an off-beat way to spend Sunday evening in Puerto Viejo: The first foosball tournament is to be held at the open-air bar/restaurant smack dab in the center...

It is the day before the Puerto Viejo Open Pro, and the center of town is abuzz with the special energy of a much anticipated event that seems likely to be blessed with both perfect summer weather and exceptional surf conditions. Spirits are high at Salsa Brava, where the judging tent is being set up...