Between Mists, Ghosts and a Mission to Accompany Tuberculosis Patients. The History of the Durán Sanatorium.
Introduction: Between the Mist and the Silence Climbing the hills toward Volcán Irazú, through the cold mist of the fertile region situated between Tierra Blanca and Potrero Cerrado de Cartago, lies a silent witness to time: the Durán Sanatorium. This imposing complex stands at around 2,335 metres above sea level, strategically located 7 kilometres north […]
Aquiares: A Town Straight Out of a Picture Postcard
For the weekend of September 19th to the 21st, I had planned a tour of Orosí, Tapantí National Park, and Guayabo National Monument with the goal of creating content for my site, Costa Rica Species. To do this, I coordinated with Green Circle Experience’s biologist, Ernest Minema, to stay at his house, head out early […]
La Negrita and Her Temple: A Journey Through the History of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels
Every August, the roads leading to Costa Rica’s old capital, Cartago, are transformed. Hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions, of people of all ages and social backgrounds walk, moved by a force that transcends the physical. They are not going to a concert or a sporting event; they are heading to a sacred destination to meet […]