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August 21, 2019

The Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica - Las Catalinas is sort of on the northern edge of it - is one of four places in the world where researchers have found an unusually large number of people living to 100 or more, and with amazing vitality. Here is a really touching video about a 100 year old woman in Nicoya. Amazing...

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