Costa Rica is a small country in Central America with three million citizens. They have posters in the San Jose international Airport stating Costa Ricans are the happiest people in the world. Having lived in Costa Rica, being married to a Costa Rican, I can testify, in my opinion, why this is true. Costa Ricans are family orientated. The famil...
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Poas Volcano National Park is located 35 minutes by car north of the city of Alajuela-in the central valley of Costa Rica. Â It is most visited national park in Costa Rica due to its location....close to the airport and Alajuela. However: at this moment July 18, 2017, this national park is closed indefinitely due to it's eruption which began Apr...
A wonderful day  at the Blue River!  Costa Rica's Unique Blue River is located at the base of the Tenorio Volcano in north central Costa Rica.  Blue because of a specific mineral in the water, when the sun shines thru the water it appears blue.  The brighter the sunlight the bluer the water. Tourist hike from the main entrance of Tenorio Nati...
It’s a bright sunny day in April and my best friend Paulette and I set out in our small SUV Suzuki to explore around the mighty Arenal Volcano. I remember as a young bride, many many years ago-coming here with my new Costa Rican husband . I could not believe my eyes! This giant creature of a volcano spraying smoke and red hot lava rocks from its ...
My Costa Rica Journey A series by Ann: connecting people to people and people to places in Costa Rica . The Blue River originates at the base of the Tenorio Volcano in north central Costa Rica. My daughter Xinia, photo below, her husband Rolando, and I had come from Alajuela to spend two days looking to purchase land for me to build a house. Â...
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Wouldn't it be wonderful to take a vacation to Costa Rica to visit her natural treasure- the primary rainforest? Here you find some of the last remaining primary rainforest in the world. Â The government of Costa Rica starting in the late 1980s has designated large portions of it's primary rainforest for National Parks in the effort to preserve a...
At the base of the Arenal Volcano are many hot springs. One does not have to dig very deep to hit the hot water. Vacationers to Arenal have several choices for hot springs . The most popluar is Tabacon Hot Springs and Spa. This was the first hot springs to be developed in the Arenal Area. It is a very forceful under ground springs emerging...
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