Sustainable Community Home Sites in Costa Rica

We are experiencing an increasingly uncertain world with the recent financial crisis and collapse of the world markets, the 2008 oil price shocks that sent energy and food costs to the stratosphere, the rapid decay of our ecosystem, and depleting fresh water supplies.  Many experts predict more oil shocks in the near future due to [...]

Weaker US Dollar Creates Buying Opportunity in Costa Rica

During the recent financial crisis from October ‘08 — March ‘09, the world economy deflated.  The price of commodities fell, most notably oil, and the strength of the U.S. dollar soared.   “Cash was King” during these five months as quality assets became bargains, and valuations in the stock market finally got down to reasonable levels. [...]

How Green is My Costa Rica?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/perry-garfinkel/how-green-is-my-costa-ric_b_206132.html Perry Garfinkle Back in the dark green ages of 1994, I helped launch the first national magazine dedicated to a then burgeoning travel trend called eco-tourism. Short-lived though it was, EcoTraveler focused on environmentally, ecologically and culturally sensitive travel, and I was proud to be a part of it. Now that style of travel [...]

Violence at Mexican Resort Continues to Drive Tourists Away

ASSOCIATED PRESS – ACAPULCO, Mexico – It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Masked and heavily armed Mexican soldiers battled outlaws holed up in a hillside mansion in a four-hour shootout that had tourists cowering in hotels nearby. Roughly 3,000 shots flew, and 50 grenades exploded during [...]