Rare Albino Blue Marlin – Most Prized Saltwater Game Fish…

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Every sportsfishing captain I know would love just to see a Albino Marlin and to catch the most prized game fish in the World ... well thats just something you can ONLY dream about.  These pictures are truly once-in-a-lifetime images. Billfish "experts" agree that these rare albino blue marlin pictures may be the first ever captured on camera. Marlin are among the most prized saltwater game fish in the world. They fight hard, swim fast and jump high once hooked, which makes them a … [Read More...]

Content Marketing – Todays Marketing Format In Costa Rica…

content markting in costa rica

A week ago, a friend, from the world-class resort Crocodila Bay published an awesome video of a sailfish jumping into a boat and in a heat of panic, the angles jumping out. Within days, the hits to the video numbered over 26,000. A while back, we published a short video on Costa Rica sportsfishing captain, Captain Bobby McGuinness, holder of over 200 world records, and within a short time over 10,000 hits. If you view the videos, notice one thing in common, all have targeted the business using … [Read More...]

2014 Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown Shatters Fishing Records…

First Annual Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown tournament

Two thousand, one hundred and seventy billfish released in three days! If this doesn't make all you avid saltwater anglers scurry to get on the next plane to Costa Rica, we don't know what will. Los Suenos Marina, reputedly the finest marina on the Pacific coast south of the US border (Cabo San Lucas in Mexico and Viña del Mar in Chile might beg to differ, but who cares), just hosted Leg 1 of the First Annual Los Suenos Signature Triple Crown Tournament. Forty-two boats … [Read More...]

US Expats CR Petition to Stop Businesses Ads at Costa Rica Star…

Costa Rica Star vs US Expat CR

It has always been the policy of Tico Times® Directory to be neutral, and only on rare occasions will we write something political and/or controversial, like what we did on the release of a pedophile, the poaching of Costa Rica sea turtle eggs, and real estate scams. However, this morning we received (not one, but many) of the same cookie-cutter emails: Dear Tico Times Directory, I just signed Daniel Woodall's petition "Disassociate, cease financial support and endorsement of the … [Read More...]

American Students Power Up Costa Rican Community…

Painting the learning center in Limonj

This August, twenty students, teachers, alumnus and parents from the Meadowbrook School of Weston, Massachusetts, along with three guides from Costa Rican Adventures, traveled through Costa Rica to revisit some of the communities they had been introduced to during the school’s class trip in February 2013. The group came with two very ambitious service goals:  1. Building a library at the PANI transitional home in Limon, and 2. Installing solar electricity at the Melleruk School in … [Read More...]

Could Costa Rica Become the “Poster Child” of Bitcoins Users?…

bitcoin accepted here

About a year and a half ago I made my first Bitcoin (the controversial digital currency) transaction and several weeks ago another one. People have asked me, "Why?" My answer was simple, "To see what it was all about." In the last several months, I have been following the outcome of the Bitcoin ETF Backers Winklevoss Twins, who were made famous by suing Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, for $140 million, claiming he stole their idea to create the popular social networking … [Read More...]

World Records Of Saltwater Fish Caught In Costa Rica…

World Record Pacific Cubera Snapper - Isla de Cano, Costa Rica

Costa Rica is known around the world for its big-game saltwater fishing done on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts, which is done from boats to catch large open-water species such as tuna, wahoo, dorardo and  billfish (marlin, sailfish and swordfish). Recently, Sport Fishing Magazine sought input from seven angling experts, historians and authorities and did their top 100 world’s records most amazing and best saltwater catches. Even if Costa Rica has had 100s of world records, they … [Read More...]

Help Prevent Getting Dengue Fever in Costa Rica…

Dengues Fever

Travelers to Costa Rica may acquire dengue fever, a potentially life-threatening viral illness, during visits to tropical and subtropical countries. Dengue is transmitted by the bite of infective Aedes mosquitos which are found primarily in urban areas. This disease occurs in most of tropical Asia, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean Islands, Central and South America, and Africa. There is generally greater risk in urban areas and less risk of dengue in rural areas and at altitudes above 1500 … [Read More...]

Is the U.S. Government Spying on Costa Ricans and Storing Their Personal Data?…

Every monring in Liberia, Costa Rica, At the other end of the runway, eight Americans zipped into tan flight suits aboard a massive P-3 white surveillance plane.

Costa Rica is no stranger to surveillance; it has always been Central/South America's hub of eavesdropping.  Back in the early 1980s the U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica was undergoing a remodeling and when finished, the roofs were covered with various sizes of satellite dishes and antennas. These CIA surveillance equipment targeted the conflict areas of Nicaragua, El Salvador, and various hot zones in South America. With support of the U.S. Government, Costa Rica’s internet … [Read More...]

Simple Mosquito Trap To Help Guard Against Dengue Fever…

Mosquitoes Trap

Each year, around one million individuals, a large part of whom are kids, need to be hospitalize for severe dengue. And each year, numerous Costa Rica media outlets warn about it. Costa Rica Minister of Health stated in 2012,  23,000 dengue cases were reported. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are viral diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, usually Ae. aegypti. The four dengue viruses (DEN-1 through DEN-4) are immunologically related, but do not provide cross-protective … [Read More...]