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Costa Rica’s Exotic Flower, The Orchid Plus Other Exotic Plants

Exotic Fan Plant,  Tortuguero on the Caribbean Miniature purple orchid on a bromeliad, Lobby Ramada Hotel

Costa Rica Spotlight: At The Botanical Orchid Garden in Costa Rica, Learn about the Life Cycle of Orchids

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 to The Botanical Orchid Garden, located off the Jaco exist in La Garita de […]

Tamarindo Wildlife refuge and Las Baulas National Park, Costa Rica

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)  was created to protect the vast Mangrove swamps in the area, at the request of the locals who saw the large high rise developments going up […]

Greencoast.com A great web site for information on the Southern Caribbean Regions of Costa Rica

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 canton of Talamanca on the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.  This area is […]

Choosing a Rental Car Agency in Costa Rica

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 […]

For the Tourist: What to see and do in and around Cartago, Costa Rica

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 […]

Cartago, the Oldest Existing Spanish Settlement in Costa Rica

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 […]

Third Most Important Catholic Religious Holiday in Costa Rica, The Feast Day of the La Virgin de los Angeles

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 Virgin de los Angeles (Christmas and Easter being the two other most important religious holidays) The banks  and […]

Costa Rica Spotlight: Como En Casa, A Great Restaurant in Alajuela

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 Rica. […]

Sardimar Tuna, Best Canned Tuna in Costa Rica

Sardimar Tuna, Best Canned Tuna in Costa Rica “Costa Rica’s Tuna is some of the best in the world.” Just want to share with you one of Costa Rica’s best kept secrets.  It’s the Sardimar canned tuna found in all of Costa Rica’s grocery stores .  The yellow fin tuna and black fin tuna  is […]