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KEEPING THE PEACE, SAFETY AND HAPPINESS John B. Quam

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owler is excited to congratulate Costa Rica on its bicentennial anniversary of Independence Day, September 15, 2021. Check out our commemorative cover stories highlighting Tico national symbols, with a special tribute to the beloved sloth’s new status as number 16 on the list.

Links are provided to many past magazine articles about specific national symbols, including this month’s Cultural Heritage feature on Costa Rica’s flag and coat of arms. Several business leaders join us in saluting the country’s proud achievements and bright future.

Travel & Adventure takes you to two historical hot spots, where unearthed discoveries still leave many unanswered questions about Costa Rica’s PreColumbian indigenous legacy: the Diquis spheres at Finca 6 and the Guayabo national monument site.

Continuing our “wildlife in flight” theme from last month’s overview of beautiful birds, our September Creature Feature is “Written on the Wings of Butterflies.”

We also look at why, how and where surfing and yoga belong together in Costa Rica, along with many other ways to enjoy wellness experiences here.

Another article revisits the country’s consistent “happiest in the world” ranking. Sweat lodge rituals are the focus of a four-part Mindfulness series starting this month, while Entrepreneur Costa Rica offers resilience-building tips and LegalEase examines the real estate registration system known by the acronym SIRI.

This month’s featured contributor, Rick Philps, provides insights into the modern pitfalls of archaic landowner provisions for squatters’ rights in Costa Rica.

Rick is a Canadian citizen, naturalized as a citizen of Costa Rica. Before moving here in 1998, he practiced law for 14 years in his home city of Victoria, British Columbia. His further legal studies in Costa Rica earned him a Bachelor of Laws and Licensing degrees (Civil Law), with Honours, from the Metropolitana Castro Carazo University, and a postgraduate degree in Notary and Registry Law, from the Escuela Libre de Derecho University in San José. Rick is a member of the Costa Rica College of Lawyers, a qualified Notary Public. He has practiced law in this country since 2003, in the areas of real estate and development; corporate, commercial and contract law; escrow and banking; wills and estate planning; and immigration.

Rick also offers legal due diligence seminars and consultations in the Gold Coast area for expats moving, or considering moving to Costa Rica.

WRITERS Sylvia Barreto Benites. Writer, teacher, tutor and founding director of IREN Renaissance Institute, a Costa Rican nonprofit organization focused on innovative learning solutions for children and adults.

To this role she brings a Masters degree in education and more than 25 years of experience in public, private and alternative classrooms, both in New York and Costa Rica.

Joanna Blanco. Integrative nutritional health coach who helps clients embrace wellness in five interconnected areas of life: relationships, livelihood, physical activity, spiritual awareness and diet.

HOWLER

September 2021 Vol. 30 No. 9

PUBLISHER / EDITOR-in-CHIEF John B. Quam

Debbie Bride. Canadian continuing to create and communicate in Costa Rica.

John Brockmeier. Writer and activist inspired by diverse interests and international life experiences.

Maria Laura Charles. Digital marketing strategist, content creator, experience designer and empathy activist. Creator of Casa Narime & La Marea. WhatsApp: +506 8879-2145.

Ivan Granados. Managing Partner at GM Attorneys, specializing in real estate and corporate law. igranados@gmattorneyscr.com Karl Kahler. Author of “Frommer’s Costa Rica 2017,” former travel editor of the Tico Times and former national editor of California’s San Jose Mercury News.

Laura Méndez. Founder of Pura Vida Vibrations. Offering sound journeys, breathwork experiences, cacao ceremonies & other activities. hello@puravidavibrations.com Mario Molina Salazar. Sustainable traveler and cultural manager of my art organization Costa Rica en la Pared. Street art and its impact to transform communities. costaricaenlapared@gmail.com Jenn Parker. An avid writer, traveler, and nature lover on a mission to surf the earth and share her stories.

Tom Schultz. BS Biology and Geology, avid birder and nature photographer, retired software executive. tom@pananima.com

PHOTOGRAPHERS Jorge A. Russell. Professional photographer from Chile based in Jaco beach. Does outdoor photography and studio photography. 8836-6475.

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C r e at i v e & a r t Terry Carlile m a r k e t i n g d i r e c t o r - Terry Carlile account executive Mary Fernández

E d i t o r i a l S ta f f Debbie Bride - Editorial Coordinator Laurie Quam - Copy Editor G r a p h i c D e s i g n - Terry Carlile c o v e r p h o t o d e s i g n - Terry Carlile Business Development John D. Lane. jdlanelcm@gmail.com H OW L E R ( ™ ) 2 0 1 7

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UP FRONT

COVER STORIES

COSTA RICA’S BICENTENNIAL NATIONAL SYMBOLS OF COSTA RICA SLOTH BECOMES AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL SYMBOL

TRAVEL & ADVENTURE COOL PLACES Finca 6 and the Mystery of the Spheres FEATURED PLACE Guayabo: History of a Mystery CREATURE FEATURE Written on the Wings of Butterflies

SURFING CR SURF FEATURE Surfing and Yoga Go Hand in Hand TIDE CHART

ARTS, CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT CULTURAL HERITAGE Costa Rica’s Flag: Proudly Waved, Carried and Worn

PURA VIDA/LIVING CR LIFESTYLE FEATURE Made the Move and Never Looked Back MINDFULNESS Inipi and Temazcal: Understanding the Sweat Lodge Ritual WELLNESS FEATURE Beyond Yoga LIFESTYLE FEATURE Happiest Country on the Planet

CR BIZ DOING BUSINESS RIGHT What Are Squatters’ Rights in Costa Rica?

LEGALEASE Real Estate Registration System (SIRI) ENTREPRENEUR CR How To Build Inner Resilience

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National Symbols of

Costa Rica

COVER STORY

Two-Way Mirrors to the World

Truly, it’s the people that make Costa Rica the treasure it is to the world.

UP FRONT

Sweet and

S L O W

by John Brockmeier

Sloth Becomes an Official

COVER STORY

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COOL PLACES

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COOL PLACES

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Guayabo:

History of a Mys

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TRAVEL & ADVENTURE

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CREATURE FEATURE

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SEPTEMBER TIDE CHART Day

SEP 6 New Moon

SEP 13 1st Quarter

SEP 20 Full Moon

SEP 28

3rd Quarter

SUNRISE SEP 1 SEP 30

5:33 am 5:32 am

SUNSET SEP 1 SEP 30

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Tue 07

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Thu 09

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Mon 13

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09:12 8.21 ft

15:32 1.24 ft

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20:35 0.13 ft

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06:35 8.15 ft

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07:18 7.64 ft

13:33 1.69 ft

19:55 6.78 ft

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01:44 2.38 ft

08:10 7.17 ft

14:27 2.08 ft

20:55 6.46 ft

Thu 30

02:43 2.73 ft

09:13 6.86 ft

15:31 2.29 ft

22:05 6.42 ft

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SURFING COSTA RICA

Surfing and Yoga Go Hand in Hand

SURF FEATURE

by Jenn Parker

Both surfing and yoga require practice, patience, and perseverance.

ARTS CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT

CULTURAL HERITAGE

Costa Rica’s

by Sylvia Barreto Benites Photo: José Gerardo Suárez Monge

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CR BIZ

What are Squatters’ Rights in Costa Rica?

DOING BUSINESS RIGHT

Most Spanish noble owners of these lands never came to Costa Rica to occupy or develop them.

by Rick Philps

B It’s a Jungle Out There! efore you purchase property in Costa Rica you may want to know more about so-called squatters rights.

These are formally referred to in legal terminology as prescriptive rights and adverse property possession. Over the last 120 years, they have largely been abolished by statute in English common law jurisdictions such as the U.S., Canada, and English Commonwealth countries.

So be prepared...

What are squatters’ rights?

Squatters’ rights are the rights to occupy and possess land without taking formal title to it. These rights arose from the original settlement of Costa Rica as an agriculturally based Spanish colonial nation. In the settlement process, large tracts of land were granted by the Spanish monarchy to their friends and other members of the Spanish nobility.

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