Watching movies and television programs is not very comfortable on a laptop computer. Most people with a large, high definition television would prefer to sit in their living room or bedroom and use the remote control. Since most content outside the United States is blocked, expats need to install a VPN on their home router. Once […]
Costa Rica: The Complete Guide
A visually exciting work of photography and no nonsense travel writing, Costa Rica: The Complete Guide is quite possibly the best guide on the market for eco-tourism in Costa Rica. Produced independently by James Kaiser the book is printed on high quality stock paper and puts to shame anything that cartels such as Lonely Planet, […]
Amazon Airborne Delivery Will Go International?
Worldwide leader in online sales and home delivery, Amazon is developing autonomous, GPS coordinated, airborne delivery. Branded as Amazon Prime Air, the system uses robotic helicopters, dubbed octocopters, which at present have a range of 10 miles and a cargo capacity of five pounds. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos hopes to have the service operational in […]
Low Cost Shipping Method for Small Packages
Receiving packages in Costa Rica or purchasing online is both more expensive and complicated than in the United States. Many expats are quick to use freight forwarding companies, and don’t realize that the postal service does a pretty good job with small packages. Traditionally the problem is finding a company in the United States that […]
1,500 Indigenous in Panama living in subhuman conditions
According to the directer of a human rights organizations, the 1,500 indigenous of the Ngobe Bugle who come from Panama to work the coffee harvest in Los Santos are living in unsanitary and inhumane conditions. An estimated 95 percent live in poverty and suffer high infant mortality rates. Among the main factors attracting migrants to […]
Pawn Shops ready for the January Rush
Referred to as the cuesta de enero or “steep hill of January”, the beginning of the year is associated with financial difficulties for some who spend too much during the holidays. One chain of pawn shops, Casa de Empeños La Cueva is preparing its 100 employees at seven locations for the rush of people expected […]