Costa Ricans Love Liberty,Peace, and Independance Why do Costa Ricans love liberty, peace , and personal independence? Christopher Columbus arrived on the Atlantic Coast of Costa in 1502 at the present town of Limon. He found very little gold in this small mountainous country. Therefore, few people from Spain came to settle here. By […]
Costa Rica’s Amazing Diversity Costa Rica is not an island in the Caribbean. It is located in the center of the Central American isthmus. It is a very small country with less than 20,000 square miles, bordered on the north by Nicaragua and the south by Panama. On the west by the Pacific Ocean and […]
Costa Rica’s Treasure-It’s National Parks Costa Rica’s people values it’s national treasures so much that 20% of it’s land has been set aside for National Parks and Wildlife Preserves, protecting and preserving them for vacationers to enjoy some of the most beautiful tropical scenery in Central America. Located in the central valley sixty eight miles […]
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Sweet Seduction, Chocolate Grows in Costa Rica Today most of the cacao plantations are found in Africa. However, Costa Rica has a number of small cacao plantations. You can visit Sibu Chocolate factory, located in Sarapiqui, 15 minutes East of downtown San Jose. Here you will learn all about how chocolate is harvested and […]
How to retire in Costa Rica on nothing but a government pension. Written by John Newton and Loreta Yukeco. They came to live and retire in Costa Rica from Canada. There was a time when retiring in Costa Rica on a government pension was easy, but those days are over. After four years of continual […]
Osa Peninsula Costa Rica, Poor Man’s Paradise NO TELEVISION, NO INTERNET, NO GUNS AND NO CRIME-CHILDREN RUN AND PLAY FREELY. Is there a place like this left in the world? Yes, and the name given is Poor Man’s Paradise, located on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. (Southern Pacific). We boarded a small boat in Sierpe and […]
THE HISTORY OF ARENAL VOLCANO IN NORTH CENTRAL COSTA RICA COSTA RICA Arenal Volcano National Park is one of the most visited national parks in Costa Rica for many reasons. Tourist come here to experience Nature at its fullest. In a small area around this mighty volcano, one can do so many things related to […]
COSTA BALLENA COSTA RICA’S SOUTHERN PACIFIC COAST COSTA BALLENA -on Costa Rica’ Southern Pacific, stretches thirty miles along the Pacific ocean from Dominical and south to Ojochal. Ballena in Spanish means whale. This is the area of Costa Rica to see whales in certain months of the year. August and September are good month as […]
“Local Legend says God washed his paint brush in the Rio Celeste after he painted the sky blue.” Rio Celeste, The Blue River in North Central Costa Rica Unique among Costa Rica’s diverse set of Natural Wonders is Rio Celeste, the Blue River, hidden deep within the dense rain forest of the Tenorio Volcano National […]