July 4th Celebrations in Costa Rica. The 56th annual 4th of July event, promises a spectacular traditional American welcome with a picnic of hot dogs, cool beers, dancing, games and the whole shebang in true U.S.A style!

PURA VIDA GUIDE´S TOP 5 TICO HOME REMEDIES FROM COSTA RICA! Traditions among the natives of Costa Rica run deep and one great Tico custom is passing down their tried and tested remedies for all kinds of ailments.  So here´s our choice of what we consid...

Down the Paseo Colón in San José, Costa Rica came together brandishing their colours of the rainbow flags to celebrate the diversity of mankind. Marcha de la Diversidad supported by the LGBT, activists of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender commu...

Funny, but not so funny in the real world of driving in Costa Rica. Year by year, the traffic death toll rises, not only by reckless drivers, but fatalities are growing among the pedestrian, now standing at 18 percent of the reported fatalities. Article 1...

To celebrate the resurgence of the Costa Rica cacao farming industry, this weekend San José is hosting, La Feria de Chocolate. This will be the first time the capital has held a national chocolate fair with 65 to 70 small farmers and chocolate makers thr...

THE GOOD: The first licensed dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, was approved on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO) which means there is every chance of its availability to the general public by next year. THE NOT SO GOOD: The Zika virus remains in the ...