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Friday, July 27th, 2007
Jade Museum
The Fidel Tristan Jade Museum is located in Costa Rica’s capital. Located downtown San José you find the largest collection of jade artifacts of the Americas in one of Costa Rica’s most beautiful museums. The Costa Rica jade collection is on display from Monday to Friday on the 11th floor of the National Insurance Institute, [...]
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Coffee
The history of Costa Rican coffee begins on another continent, in the horn of Africa and on the shores of the Red Sea. Around 1.000 AD the Ethiopians were the first to use coffee beans to make a drink, known for it’s stimulating effect that the coffee grown in Costa Rica still has today. Coffee [...]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Currency
Christopher Columbus, named Cristobal Colon in Spanish, plays an important role in the history of Costa Rica and it is no wonder that he’s the one giving his name to Costa Rica’s currency. The man who visited Costa Rica in 1502 on his second voyage and gave the name to this country, is forever connected [...]
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Weather
To understand the weather in Costa Rica we begin by looking at it’s geographical position. Located on the northern hemisphere between Nicaragua in the North and Panama in the South, the weather in this neotropical zone is characterized by high temperatures and rain during a great part of the year. The weather in Costa Rica [...]
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Peninsula de Osa
The Osa Peninsula is located in the south pacific of Costa Rica. It is the southern Peninsula of Costa Rica. Peninsula de Osa is home to a wide variety of endangered animals of Costa Rica including pumas and the scarlet macaw. In the Peninsula de Osa is the Corcovado National Park, which is the largest [...]
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Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
Limón Costa Rica
Limón is located on the south Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, eighty miles from San José. It is the main port city of the Atlantic coast. It was founded as a port city to export bananas and grains from Costa Rica to all over the world. The city was established in 1502 when Christopher Columbus [...]
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Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Caribbean Beaches
Caribbean beaches in Costa Rica spread from the north to the south of Costa Rica with its warm and clear waters. It starts in Tortuguero, which you reach by boat or airplane. This area of the Caribbean is located north of Limón and it is merged within beautiful canals with abundant wildlife. The Caribbean beach [...]
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
Diving
Costa Rica, as its name describes it, hides one of the most beautiful underwater worlds for a unique diving experience. The rich waters of Costa Rica are a deep blue world adventure for diving. Beautiful coral formations are found on the pacific as well on the Caribbean coast, vividly, colorful and abundant on both coasts [...]
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Puerto Viejo
The beauty of the Caribbean in Costa Rica is all concentrated in Puerto Viejo. Located 130 miles (210 kms) from San José, Puerto Viejo brings together a variety of cultures all united in Puerto Viejo for the same reasons: to enjoy the beauty of the Caribbean sea in Costa Rica, the slow and relax lay [...]
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Sport Fishing
Sport fishing in Costa Rica offers you what you are looking for. Sport fishing in Costa Rica is defined by several unique attributes, among them, the perfect weather, and the opportunity to choose from small mountain lakes, streams or rivers, to the beautiful and unique Caribbean or Pacific Coasts. Costa Rica is one of the [...]