Costa Rica Vacation

Costa Ricans Planted 7 Million Trees in 2008.
Costa Ricans kept on track with the country’s goal to become carbon neutral by 2021 last year by planting more than 7 million trees, according to the Ministry of the Environment. The initiative, called “Plant a Tree” not only met the 7 million tree marker, but planted an [...]

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Heredia is the capital of the Costa Rican province of Heredia which borders Alajuela, San Jose, Limon and Nicaragua. The city has a population of over 100,000 and is located just 20 minutes away from downtown San Jose.

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Liberia Costa Rica is the capital city of the Guanacaste province, and home to the Daniel Oduber International Airport (LIR) with flights arriving from Houston, Atlanta, Miami, New York and Los Angeles. Often overlooked as another ‘stop-over’ city, Liberia actually has a lot to offer in the way of typical culture. This vaquero (cowboy) town [...]

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The CIMA Hospital Complex in San Jose is Renowned for its Quality of Care.
The CIMA Hospital brand is constructing a new hospital that will be located next to the Do-It-Center outside of Liberia, Guanacaste. The hospital will be a combination between a health and commercial complex and will include a residential community for medical tourists [...]

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Guanacaste and the Caribbean could be considered the two regions of Costa Rica with the most distinctive cultures. However, many people argue that both areas have been heavily influenced by outside cultures that they do not represent the culture of Costa Rica. The Caribbean way of life resembles the laid back Rasta culture of Jamaica [...]

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Spring Break in Costa Rica
It’s one of the most anticipated events on the school calendar for hundreds of thousands of students throughout the USA and this year Costa Rica is set to brace itself for a small percentage of students looking to ‘party’. Spring break has become a cultural tradition in the States whereby students [...]

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Housing in Costa Rica is available for all budgets from the college student to the successful retiree. The least expensive options include sharing a home or renting a room in a house with a family or other co-leasers. Often, the ‘home stay’ rentals include one to three meals a day, laundry and cleaning services. This [...]

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Braulio Carrillo National Park is one of the best places in the country to enjoy primary tropical rainforest within close proximity to San Jose. The park is only about 45 minutes east of the city. The drive to the park is easy with paved highway the entire way.

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Costa Rica has many great restaurants to choose from. Offerings are plentiful with almost all types of International Cuisine available in the country. In the five years I’ve lived here, I’ve had the chance to try a lot of different places. Here’s a list of my top 5 favorites in no particular order.

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For nature lovers who don’t mind very basic accommodations plan a visit to the La Selva Biological Station. The station is located in the Northern part of Costa Rica in the Caribbean lowlands near Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui. The station consists of 3,900 acres of both tropical rainforest and disturbed land and is bordered on [...]

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