Find out how adventurous expats are embracing the liberating lifestyle of finca living in the lush landscapes of Latin ...

In Costa Rica, pura vida is a way of life. There's a guessable translation – "pure life" or "simple life" – but it's only by visiting the country, with your feet on the ground and your senses wide ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathleen Peddicord covers moving, living, and investing overseas. Costa Rica is perhaps the world’s best-known foreign retirement ...

(CNN) — When Kema Ward-Hopper and her then-fiance Nicholas Hopper, both from the US, decided to get married in Costa Rica, they had no idea that they’d end up relocating there a few years later. But a ...

I am sometimes accused of being overly negative and sarcastic in my writings about Costa Rica and my life here. Fair enough, though anyone who knows me could vouch that I can be equally negative and ...

Anyone who has lived here more than a few months is well aware of the myriad problems present in 21st century Costa Rica: Violent crime (our murder rate per capita is not far behind that of Chicago); ...

CoCo and Deitrick Bates have made some pretty big leaps of faith in the past few years. They married within three months of meeting in Kansas City in 2019. And the “big bang” of the pandemic in 2020 ...

Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Costa Rica has earned its reputation as a destination that offers ...