Mucho más que verde: Un viaje al corazón de la tradición del jade en la Costa Rica precolombina, últimos 2 meses.
Un Legado Verde a Punto de Desaparecer de la Vista El jade, esa piedra de un verde profundo que evoca misterio y antigüedad, ocupó un lugar central en las sociedades precolombinas de Costa Rica. La exposición temporal «Mucho más que verde», actualmente en sus últimos dos meses antes de su cierre el próximo 29 de […]
Cartago and Las Pasadas de la Negrita.
Costa Rica Saint Patron La Virgen de los Ángeles. Affectionately known as «la Negrita» due to the color of the rock and the factions of a Mestizo/Mulato Woman. Is one of our dearest traditions. Her day is the 2nd of August. When around 2 million people do the Romería. A pilgrimage to la Basilica de […]
The spirit of Football in Costa Rica.
Call it as you wish. Futbol, Football, or Soccer. In Costa Rica as in the rest of Latin America. Futbol is at the center of the spirit of the population. Our source of emotions and conversation topics for the week. A guide to the general discourse. And the perfect «Ice Breaker». Everyone develops their own […]
Cosplay and conventions
Anime, manga and comic conventions are regular events in Costa Rica. Ranging from small events in towns and provinces to national wide events. I guess fantasy and science fiction have some special power to capture people’s imaginations and devotion. In Latin America in 90’s four anime series changed the paradigm of cartoons. Those were Ranma […]
La feria del Agricultor. Farmer’s Market
Every country needs a farmer’s market. In Costa Rica the oldest and perhaps biggest is the one in Zapote. For longer than I’ve been alive. La feria has been there every Sunday. Gathering more than one hundred vendors and farmers. Many of the people and faces have become familiar. And even friendships over the weekends. […]
Blues and Guanacaste.
Some years ago I went to Guanacaste for the International Blues Festival of Costa Rica. Several blues artists from Costa Rica, the United States, and Europe used to come to Guanacaste for a day (or two) of blues. As a musician, to have been able to share with so many artists. Was an amazing experience. […]
Alone among many
The Avenida Central has always picked my attention. For me is the center of the country. What most ticos think about when we say «Let’s go to San José» is the heart of the city. Most definitely a messy place. As a city is full of smells, noises, voices, and people. Everything there is to […]
La Feria del Cafe, Frailes.
I love coffee. Everyone in Costa Rica loves coffee. And we have the best coffee in the world… Ticos drink coffee as if it was water… No small expressos. We drink proper mugs of liquid love. Because yes we need big mugs… Our coffee is so good even our bad coffee is better than other […]
Hurricane Otto.
Living in central America hurricane news are to be expected each year. Most of the time Costa Rica is spared from direct hits. However, in recent years, more and more hurricanes have come closer and closer. In 2016 hurricane Otto hit Costa Rica and Nicaragua. In what was one of the biggest natural disasters in […]
Del Museo Nacional hacia la Plaza de la Democracia.
Esta foto la tomé desde lo alto del Museo Nacional en San José. El lugar solía llamarse Cuartel Bella Vista. Los cuarteles se utilizaban para el entrenamiento militar de los reclutas, el manejo de armas, la disciplina y los principios morales. También funcionó como almacén de armas del ejército. Pero también el mismo lugar donde […]