Water Prices May Soon Be Added to the List of Cost of Living Increases in Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s Water and Sewer Institute (AyA) has asked the Public Services Regulating Authority (Aresep) to approve a 19% increase in the price of water for its customers. In Costa Rica, that could mean an increase of $2 per [...]

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Currently boats in the Playa del Coco bay must set anchor offshore. The Costa Rican Tourism Institute traveled to Playa del Coco in Guanacaste to evaluate plans for the construction of a marina in the area. The project has already been approved by the Interinstitutional Commission on Tourist Marinas and Docks and is waiting approval by [...]

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Horns, dogs and roosters are the culprits of most noise pollution in Costa Rica. Since I have been here for over 16 years, the list has had time to grow, not only from my own observation and experience; this is a list of general characteristics that I found a lot of people have mentioned, and there [...]

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Before Buying a Used Car in Costa Rica, Check the Availability of Spare Parts. If you came to live in Costa Rica and decided that the public transport is too restrictive for you, then you are going to need a car. The next question will be whether you are going to buy a new or a [...]

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Costa Rica will plan 7 million trees in 2008. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has called for a national plan of action and a national agenda that would reduce the causes provoking one of the major problems facing humanity today: global warming. The plan calls for planning seven million trees each year, the promotion of eco-friendly [...]

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The View from the Puntarenas - Paquera Ferry. Considering that tourism is the main source of income of the country, one wonders sometimes, what is going on! If you want to go to the southern tip of Nicoya, you need to take the ferry in Puntarenas. The drive from San Jose should not take more than [...]

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Costa Rica's Tourism Offerings Will be on Display Tomorrow at Expotur. Expotur XXIV, the most important tourism fair in Costa Rica, will take place on Tues., May 13 through Thurs., May 15 in the Hotel Plaza Ramada Herradura Expected to show up are 219 representatives from 140 companies in the tourism industry from the United [...]

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mebeliStudents in Limon are Learning the Negative Side of Violent Toys in a Positive Way. Most of us can remember playing some incarnation of the war game when we were little: we might have been the Cowboys versus the "Indians," Cops against Robbers, or any enemy duo that ended with one hollering "boom boom, you're dead!" [...]

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Grains are a principle part of the Central American Diet. To help staunch the looming food crisis, Costa Rica has begun thinking about how to help its citizens. And to start, four weeks from now, the Costa Rican government plans to give ¢50,000 monthly (approximately $100) to 16,000 poor families to supplement what income they have.

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Tamarindo Surfer Pilurzu is Ranked #56 in the World. Federico Pilurzu, the only Costa Rican surfer representing the country in the World Qualifying Series (WQS), just jumped to position 56 with 3,563 points after his last performance at the 6.0 Lowers pro Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) event in Trestles, California.

Filed under: Surf on May 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments »