A view of Playa Hermosa, Puntarenas looking southwest from the Costanera. Photo by Ricardo Arce via Unsplash.

Is it possible that each year has a particularly sad day? The saddest of all? Of that a date on the calendar can define such a day? This year, 2021, “Blue Monday” falls on January 18. Blue Monday is the name given to the day in January (t...

QCOSTARICA – Taking their inspiration from the traditional fruit carts that still make their way through many neighborhoods in Costa Rica and their affection the elderly, a couple from Escazú turned an out-of-operation bus into a mobile mini s...

QCOSTARICA – The Costa Rican cinemas chain CCM launched a platform to offer its virtual billboard. The tool, available only in Costa Rica, will offer Latin American premieres, Costa Rican films and classics. “For CCM Cinemas it is a great joy...

QCOSTARICA – Despite the arrival of the vaccine against Covid-19 in Costa Rica, 2021 will be like “an extension of 2020”, according to Juan José Romero, coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Epidemiology at the Universidad Nacional (...

Condé Nast Traveler – In August 2020, in the middle of lockdown, Costa Rica announced its 30th national park. The former prison island of San Lucas, off Puntarenas on the Pacific coast, is a haven for howler monkeys, bats, spiders, snakes, dee...

Q TRAVEL – JetBlue, the New York-based carrier, known for making flying in economy actually enjoyable, again, took a step forward in aviation with the premiere of its Airbus A220-300s, that is loaded with perks for budget fliers. Condé Nast Tr...

QCOSTARICA – The American drugmaker, Pfizer, said in a statement on Friday that reduced deliveries were a temporary issue, affected by changes to its manufacturing processes designed to boost production. For the latter part of this month and ea...

QCOSTARICA – Did you notice that lately your local pulperia, supermarket, big box store and every other place you use your plastic that you weren’t given the voucher? Or the cashier offering the card reader instead of taking your car? And...

QCOSTARICA – The indirect effect of cold push No. 11 will mean the return of strong gusts this weekend in most of the country. Conditions will be less rainy in the Pacific, but there will be a slight increase in rainfall in the Caribbean. The C...