Green Card Lottery Scam Increases In Costa Rica

Since the internet is becoming more available to Costa Ricans so have the S & S’s (scammers and spammers), as we wrote about how Costa Rica’s internet fraud has increase.
One of the things S & S’ers like is to target ones problems (like money) and claim they can help clear it up. In this case, [...]

Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano Erupts

Costa Rica’s Turrialba volcano erupted on January 6th for the first time in more than a century, spewing ash and prompting the evacuation of about 25 people living in nearby communities. Emergency crews have been watching the volcano for two years.
Last week we posted on Volcano Poas Erupting on Christmas day and mentioned that this [...]

First IMAX Theater Opens In Costa Rica – 3-D Viewing

IMAX (short for Image MAXimum) is a motion picture film format and projection standard created by Canada’s IMAX Corporation whose technology is geared to the 3D. So there is lot of excitement about the new IMAX theater going in Escazú, and no one is more excited than Repretel, the theater operator. Repretel runs  several Costa [...]

Jaco, Costa Rica – New Development and Driving Through

I had not been to Jaco in a while, in fact, we wrote about how wild Jaco is and how I predicted that the desire for tourist bucks will change it.
Those that experienced Jaco years ago had warnings about the lawless of the town. Druggies, prostitution, pickpockets etc, pretty much ran it.  I’m proud to [...]

Costa Rica’s Drug Smugglers Problem – Crocodiles

As Costa Rica slowly but surely becomes the new hub for drug trafficking, and with San Jose now the place to smuggle containers of drugs to the US,  it now appears that drug smugglers have a new problem, which is not the US DEA, local police or competition, but crocodiles!
It’s no surprise that the Central [...]