"Low Season" Really "Green Season"
And That Means Big Savings
We'd certainly like to meet the misguided individual or group that originally decided that Costa Rica has a "High Season" (Dec. 1-March 31) (July 1-August 31) and a "Low Season" (April 1-June 30) (Sept. 1-Nov.30). Read more....
We'd certainly like to meet the misguided individual or group that originally decided that Costa Rica has a "High Season" (Dec. 1-March 31) (July 1-August 31) and a "Low Season" (April 1-June 30) (Sept. 1-Nov.30). Read more....
Surely Not a Compound
Are you considering a trip to Costa Rica so you can really “see”. “feel” and “experience” the country?
Well, we are most pleased to inform you that Los Almendros de Ocotal is not one of those “compounds” you will see advertised for a billion bucks a day. All the free booze and numbness you can tolerate!
Read more....Landing a Lunker
There’s really never a bad time to fish the seas off Costa Rica’s Pacific Northwest coast but avid and ardent fisherman planning a trip to Los Almendros during the May to September period are in for a special treat. That’s the peak season for sailfish in the Pacific “north”.And absolutely nothing in this world compares with hooking, battling and finally landing a sailfish. Read more....
What Others Say
Costa Rica No Longer an Island Inhabited by Dinosaurs and Plundering Pirates
By Chuck Spicer
Travel Editor - Forgotten CoastLine & www.forgottencoastline.com
(This article originally appeared in "Forgottencoastline" in November 2007)
When I first started writing about Costa Rica some seven years ago, it was obvious from the majority of emails that I received that readers, even with access to the World Wide Web, didn’t know a whole lot about the country. And a great deal of what they “knew” was more appropriate for movie scripts than guidebooks.
Beachfront Development Done Right
Los Almendros is an intimate and charming 44-home family beachfront community situated at Playa Ocotal (a “playa” is an calm inlet) on the Pacific Ocean in Northwest Costa Rica.
The brainchild of talented and farsighted builder/developer Guillermo Groisman, and his charming wife Britt, Los Almendros de Ocotal was the first ever “concession” development (in Guanacaste Province) ever encouraged and approved by the local municipality and ecological-minded national officials. That was back in the 1980’s. Read more....
The brainchild of talented and farsighted builder/developer Guillermo Groisman, and his charming wife Britt, Los Almendros de Ocotal was the first ever “concession” development (in Guanacaste Province) ever encouraged and approved by the local municipality and ecological-minded national officials. That was back in the 1980’s. Read more....
Insider Information
This section of the newsletter provides handy insider hints and tips on how to most easily get around and get along in Costa Rica. Read more....
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