Costa Rica

From strangers to familia in five nights.

How to make homemade empanadas, dance, and appreciate what you have.

Zipping over Arenal

A bird’s eye view

The Long and Winding Road

That Leads to the Vargas Door

Chronicle of Life

La familia on the corner

At the end of a long, winding dirt road in Monteverde, Costa…

Better to Have Loved and Lost

A Tutorial by the Abuela of Finca La Bella

How to Be a Spoiled American

A Reality Check

My mom answers my FaceTime call, despite it being almost 1:00am at home.

“Hey, baby.”

“Mom, I can’t do this. There are bugs literally everywhere.”

Braving the Rápidos

Adventures on the Río Pacuare

It is 5:28 a.m. and I wake 
minutes before my…

Viaje de Cafė

Drinking in the sights and smells with the coffee masters of Costa Rica

This wild life of ours

A crossing of borders

Rainforest Café

A Cup of Joe with UGA Costa Rica’s Newest Naturalist