As Costa Rica starts to roll into the slower months now lots of Costa Rica luxury hotels have started to offer some great incentives to visit them during the months of August through December 15th. The great thing about the low season is that there are less people about, usually your vacation is 25% cheaper [...]

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After 2 weeks I have finally found it. I have found my favorite place to eat here in Costa Rica. I often think to myself, “if I had to have one type of food for the rest of my life, what would it be?” Every time, I respond with tacos! There are so many variations [...]

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2oo years after the rest of the world, Costa Rica finally decided it was time to use street numbers for addresses.

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Having recently moved to San Jose, Costa Rica I constantly hear about the many activities that tourists and locals enjoy within the country. This past weekend while in Manuel Antonio National Park, relaxing on beautiful white sand beaches and looking off into the clear blue waters, I began to wonder about the wildlife inhabiting the [...]

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Life is never really what you expect.  Nothing ever really goes perfectly, but somehow we always manage to have a great time. While visiting Manuel Antonio, surprises turned up after every turn.  No matter if it was an inconvenience or amazement, it made the weekend that much better.

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  My first visit to this National Park was everything I thought it would be like and more.  The beaches, the greenery, and the crowd surpassed everything that I had imagined. 

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This past weekend was my first typical Costa Rican adventure.  It was Friday afternoon and a car full was ready to head to the beach.  I had been itching to see the country ever since I arrived and it was now my chance.  We had decided to go to Manuel Antonio for the long weekend. 

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As I was searching around the internet for interesting Costa Rican news, I came across something very interesting and quite ironic considering something that I had wrote on this blog earlier today.  The article caught my eye for two reasons; one, seeing the word fraud always intrigues me and two, the Earth Council was somehow [...]

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Costa Rica has plenty to offer its citizens and tourists. The uniqueness of this country is derived in the natural beauty, the people, and the local species.  Each making this place that much more unique. If one is off, the whole country is off balance, as everything plays a huge role in the country’s individuality.  [...]

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  The natural beauty is the number one thing that draws tourists to Costa Rica every year.  It’s no wonder why.  The country has 1,077,308 hectares (or 10,773.08 square kilometers) protected, which is over 21% of the entire country.  This number is extremely high compared to the rest of the world.  In fact, Costa Rica has [...]

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