RICO's Q - May 1 is Labor Day (Día del Trabajador) in Costa Rica. Coinciding with International Workers' Day, the day is a mandatory pay holiday. While workers across the country take a day off from their daily grind, the country's politicians take the day for pomp and ceremony, which includes the President's report for…
QCOSTARICA - Giving priority to the return to the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) is the objective of the "reversible" lanes on the Ruta 27 this Sunday, April 9, and holiday Monday, April 10. The Policia de Transito (Traffic Police), in coordination with the road concessionarie, GlobalVia, will begin to cut off Caldera-bound traffic between Cuidad…
EXPAT FOCUS - In October of 1989 I found myself steering a wheezing, smoking moped down a dark road. My good friend and college roommate sat behind me, his fingers digging in to my sides as he continued his lengthy complaint about the fumes coming from the obvious gas leak. We’d found this relic at…
QCOSTARICA - This is an odd one, an obscure rule of the roads that until now, well most likely few drivers know except for the 18 that got fined for breaking it: driving in reverse on a public road for more than 50 meters, a half block in Costa Rica style of measurements. According to…
UPDATED: Game time in Costa Rica is 1 pm and not noon in the original post. QCOSTARICA - Bayern Munich legend Thomas Müller is confident that the Germans can get the job done against Costa Rica today, taking a shot at the Costa Ricans saying "an 8-0 win is possible" in reference to the 7-0…