Archive for October, 2007
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Santa Cruz – Cartago
The small town of Santa Cruz in the Province of Cartago is a destination not often visited, but for every one who wants to step outside the well traveled paths it is certainly a wise choice. Santa Cruz offers easy access to two wonderful Costa Rican attractions. First of all there is the National Monument [...]
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
National Monument of Guayabo
In the Central Valley in the Province of Cartago, no more than 20 kilometres from the town of Turrialba you find one of Costa Rica’s most impressive pre-Colombian archaeological sites: the National Monument of Guayabo. The 218 hectares of the site of Guayabo became a national protected area in 1973 and is one of the [...]
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Santa Cruz – Guanacaste
Santa Cruz is located in the centre of the Nicoya Peninsula in the Province of Guanacaste. After Liberia, with its Daniel Oduber International Airport, Santa Cruz is the second important city in the province. Coming from San Jose in the Central Valley through Puntarenas or from Liberia’s airport on the way to the beaches of [...]
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
Green Sea Turtle
The green sea turtle is the largest sea turtle with a hard shell. It is named the green turtle, because of its colour. The body fat turns green caused by the sea turtle’s diet based on algae, which results in the discoloration. The green sea turtle can grow to humongous proportions. The biggest green sea [...]