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A big blue eye

The first time I went to Ojo de Agua I was about seven years old. It was a Sunday in the late seventies, and I had stayed overnight with my cousins. That morning my aunt Liliana had woken up with a very clear purpose: to take us to see “the eye through which...

Toxic colors

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in USA recently proposed to phase out the use of synthetic food dyes due to health risks. These synthetic dyes are petroleum-based. Every day we see bright and funny advertisements for products that look delicious; however, these...

Between Memes and Puzzles

Today, while trying to spend some quality time with my family, I wonder if we’ll be able to enjoy a peaceful afternoon without falling into the temptation of those small pleasures that offer an instant dose of dopamine: memes. For example, those memes created with...

The Invisible Enemy

Saying that we are eating plastic sounds like an overstatement, but it’s literal. Although plastic isn’t served for lunch, or with our coffee, we can find it hidden in water, in salt, in fish, and in the air. The most unsettling thing is that we can’t even see...

Between two waters

In 2016, Jurgen and I visited Playa Ventanas for the first time, in Ojochal, in the Pacific Southwest of Costa Rica. It is very easy to get to: it is about 30 km south of Dominical, on the Costanera Sur. I remember it was a weekday and there was no one on the beach....

The language of stones

Visiting the cultural centre in Trench Town was the best decision we made during our trip to Jamaica. Not only did we learn, in a more genuine way, how Bob Marley got his start in music, but we also discovered Stoneman. Stoneman was next to the main building, in an...