When Heliberto first approached us in Granada, Nicaragua central park with his painted clay bird-whistles, we were skeptical. We didn’t know if he was giving us a high price, or if he was just reselling the whistles with a story that he and his family had made them. Well, the …
This amazing, floating rock called Pumice is created by a process similar to how foam is created when you open a shaken soda bottle. When you open the lid on a soda bottle, the pressure quickly drops, and all the dissolved CO2 gas rushes to escape, creating soda …
While in Punta Uva a couple of weeks ago, we met some wonderful new friends, Jonathan and Eliza, who taught us how to make two delicious Caribbean style dishes. The first was breadfruit, which was simple and delicious. This caribbean style chicken dish is a bit more involved, …
We met the owners of the famous Guzman Guitars here in San Jose, Costa Rica and got an inside look at their guitar workshop where all the magic happens. Around the workshop are tattered notebooks scribbled full of their guitar-building secrets, passed down over 3 generations. Just being in their …