Image Some rights reserved by MadriCR When I was small, the year revolved around events of the 14th and 15th of September. Just as we looked forward to Christmas, the anticipation of the lantern parade, and the processions for Independence Day would leave me unable to sleep. I enjoyed walking through town with my handmade […]
My first visit to Playa Hermosa, on the Northern Pacific Coast of Guanacaste, was back in 2002. My friend and I were tired from the stressful life of working in the entertainment industry in New York City. Our personal trainer’s father had opened a little six room hotel right on the beach and we couldn’t […]
This legend originates from the Aztecs, who first named the beast the Segua, derived from Sihua, or woman in their Nahuatl tongue. This myth lives beyond that ancient Central American empire… The year was 1821. Ignacio rode into town on his horse as he did every weekend to drink the local liquor, guaro, and try […]
From Spain, to Nicoya, to Costa Rica — Celebrating Guanacaste’s Choice July 25th, or as we call it, the Annexation of Guanacaste Day, marks the date when a portion of Nicaragua became a piece of Costa Rica way back in 1824. Of course, the territory had been someone else’s, long before the first Conquistador ever […]
