[caption id="attachment_2157" align="alignleft" width="640"] National flower of Costa Rica "La Guardia Morada"[/caption] Costa Rica Spotlight: At The Botanical Orchid Garden in Costa Rica,  Learn about the Life Cycle of  Orchids If you are vacationing in Costa Rica and have a free morning or afternoon and you are an orchid lover, come on over t...
[caption id="attachment_2128" align="aligncenter" width="320"] baby leatherback turtles Grande Beach Costa Rica[/caption] leatherback turtle Grande Beach Costa Rica Tamarindo Wildlife refuge and Las Baulas National Park, Costa Rica Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge covers about 400 hectaries (a very large area)Â was created to protect...
[caption id="attachment_2117" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Private gardens-Punta Uva[/caption] Greencoast.com  A great web site for information on the Southern Caribbean Regions of Costa Rica I'd like to tell you about a great web site greencoast.com  This is known as the greencoast.com network and is dedicated to Eco tourism in the canto...
Refuge National de Vida Silvestre Gandoca Manzanillo , on Costa Rica's Southern Caribbean Coast The Refuge National de Vida Silvestre Gandoca Manzanillo is a remote and exotic destination in Costa Rica, very much off the beaten path. If you want a unique experience in a very diverse ecosystem, then this is the place for you! Located on Costa...
Choosing a Rental Car Agency in Costa Rica Costa Rica car rental agencies are numerous, So you ask, how do I choose the right one for me? First, go on the Internet and find the names of some of the agencies. After thoroughly reading their Internet sight, call the 800 toll free number and talk to a sales representative. Look for courtesy...
Cartago, the Oldest Existing Spanish Settlement in Costa Rica Cartago sits in the shadows of the mighty Irazu Volcano whose eruption destroyed the city in 1723,  and has become the wrath of several major earthquakes in 1822, 1841, and again in 1910. And , in 1963 during the visit of the late President John F. Kennedy, the Irazu again erupt...
For the Tourist:  What to see and do in and around Cartago,  Costa Rica If you are a tourist and want to get "off the beaten path in Costa Rica, visit the very interesting city of Cartago, the last remaining original Spanish settlement.  You can drive a rental car from San Jose, it's only 15 miles (around 25 km) east of San Jose and the r...
[caption id="attachment_2059" align="alignleft" width="300"] Pilgrim in prayer on Feast Day of Virgin of Los Angeles[/caption] Third Most Important  Catholic Religious Holiday in Costa Rica, The Feast Day of the La Virgin de los Angeles August 2nd each year Costa Rica celebrates it's third most important religious holiday, The Feast Day of the...
[caption id="attachment_2047" align="alignleft" width="300"] [/caption] Tenorio Volcano National Park and the Rio Celeste "Blue River"  Costa Rica Tenorio Volcano National Park is located in the northern region of Costa Rica.  On our recent vacation to Costa Rica, we set out to visit this beautiful national park. We rented a 4x4Â...
Costa Rica Spotlight: Como En Casa, A Great Restaurant in Alajuela COMO EN CASA is Alajuela's newest chic restaurant "parrillada Argentina." The owners are Ezequiel Ruiz and Cristina Gutierrez Sori. Ezequiel was born in Argentina and immigrated to Costa Rica where he met Cristina.  She was born in Columbia and also immigrated to Costa Ri...