Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 10th, 2007
Isla Uvita
Isla Uvita is a very small island that is located no more than a mile off coast just in front of Puerto Limon, Costa Rica’s main port on the Caribbean side of the country. The tiny Uvita Island plays a crucial role though in the history of Costa Rica. In 1502 Christopher Columbus made his [...]
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Monteverde Region
Monteverde is the mountainous region of Costa Rica north west of San José. Since it has no airport, the only way to get to Monteverde is a four drive from San José. But Monteverde, meaning ‘Green Mountain’ in Spanish, is certainly worth the effort. In Monteverde you have the chance to admire one of Costa [...]
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
City of Nosara
The city of Nosara, named after the river that flows from the mountains, through the lowlands into the Pacific Coast, is located in Costa Rica’s province Guanacaste. Nosara is a quiet, from origin agricultural community with a long history, since archeological findings prove that the indigenous tribe of the Chorotega settled in the Nosara region [...]
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Food
For most visitors the first encounter with typical Costa Rican food is breakfast. Of course there are the delicious fresh fruits that grow in abundance in Costa Rica. They have better taste since no time need to be reserved for shipping them, so they are eaten almost straight from the tree or field at the [...]
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
Grecia
Grecia in the province Alajuela is a quiet agricultural town, located only an hour drive away from San José the capital of Costa Rica. Surrounded by the mountains of the Central Valley the farmers of Grecia work the fields. The Grecia region is the main source of sugar cane for Costa Rica. A network of [...]
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
Coco Verde
Hotel Coco Verde is located in the town of Playas del Coco in Guanacaste, the province of Costa Rica that has the more hours of sun, than the rest of this beautiful country. A popular destination, since it’s only 35 kilometers from Costa Rica’s second largest airport of Liberia. Playas del Coco is formed by [...]
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
Quepos
Quepos is located on the Pacific Coast in the Province of Puntarenas, approximately 150 kilometers from the capital of Costa Rica San José. Quepos is easily accessible by road, both in car or by cheap and reliable public transportation. If you prefer to travel by air, you can fly in from San José to the [...]
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Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Alajuela
Alajuela is a vast province of Costa Rica, that stretches all the way from the Central Valley in the South to the Nicaraguan border in the North. Although agricultural development has changed the landscape of Alajuela which used to be fully covered by tropical rainforest, this region nowadays is accessible through a network of easy [...]
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Cartago
The city of Cartago in Costa Rica is one of the most plagued by earth quakes, floodings and other disasters. Its history, like that of the classic Cartago of Hannibal, is characterized by destruction. Disaster started soon after the foundation of Cartago in 1563 by the Spanish conquistador Vásques de Coronado, because he chose a [...]
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
Montezuma
Montezuma is a town for visitors who are looking beyond the usual destinations in Costa Rica. Located in the tip of the peninsula, facing the east overlooking the Bay of Nicoya, Montezuma has a reputation as a laid-back, easy going town, almost as exotic as its name. Once a fisher town, sheltered by high cliffs [...]