Monteverde Costa Rica’s Primary Rainforest Settled by Quakers

MONTEVERDE, COSTA RICA’S PRIMARY RAINFOREST MONTEVERDE LAND OF CLOUD FORESTS AND QUAKERS RURAL COSTA RICA Monteverde lies high in the mountains of central Costa Rica, seven thousand feet above sea level. Clouds seem to shroud the cool environment , and mist floats across the horizon. The road to get there, well-if you can call it […]

Costa Rica’s Independence Day September 15

September 8, 1502 Christopher Columbus arrived on the Atlantic Coast of Costa Rica near the present city of Limon. The native Indians greeted the Spaniards with interest and brought them cotton cloth, gold pendants as well as weapons-clubs, bows and arrows. The Indians wore gold mirrors around their necks. The Spaniards were impressed because they […]