The Central American nation of Costa Rica is the world’s best place to flee when trying to escape criminal charges, tax evasion, crippling drug addictions, or overall creepy shit you wouldn’t even write in your own diary, a recent study found. Long considered a refuge for foreigners trying to leave baggage behind and outrun their…
Claims family patriarch never known during six month stay ALAJUELA — A French exchange student is appealing the ruling of a Costa Rican judge to pay five months of back-rent to the Aguilar family, claiming she was a victim of “cultural trickery” and an incomprehensible Tiquismo. Susanne LeBlanc, a sophomore from Bordeaux, lived with the Aguilar family…
Tip from ex-Facebook friend breaks bad news SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — A study abroad student received some upsetting news last week when after five days in Costa Rica she realized nothing looked like the Lonely Planet guidebook she was carrying around. Becky Miller, a 21-year old geography major from Louisville, Kentucky, was scheduled to spend three…
