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The Chili Cook Off (Feb 12th) & The Hogar de Vida Orphanage

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:08 +0000

A visit to the Hogar de Vida (Home of Life) Orphanage in Atenas is at once both inspiring and heart wrenching. Inspiring because of the obvious love and dedication with which the Tias (Aunties) and staff care for the children. Heart wrenching because of the knowledge that these beautiful children are here due to sad [...]

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2012 Medical Travel Summit Costa Rica (April 23-25)

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:55:38 +0000

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – Registrations for the 2012 Medical Travel Summit, hosted by The Council for the International Promotion of Costa Rica Medicine, are still being accepted. The Summit will be held April 23-25 at the Real Intercontinental Hotel in Escazu, Costa Rica, close to excellent shopping, nightlife and a variety dining options. The [...]

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Costa Rica Frog Watching

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:53 +0000

Keep your eyes open in Costa Rica , and you may be a lucky witness of the amphibian’s family, especially the amazing world of frogs. For a few weeks avery April, thousands of Monteverde’s goleen toads emerged to gather around pools of water in the cloud forests to mate. Painted a spectacular shining orange, a [...]

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Pura Vida Horoscope Feb 06 – Feb 12

Lou Cheek — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:18 +0000

Weekly horoscope. Happy birthday Gemini! You are in for a week of strange situations - read more to discover the best way to manage them.

Pura Vida Horoscope Feb 06 – Feb 12 © TheCostaRicaNews.com

Paranormal Activity – Carlos Duran Santorium Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:14 +0000

This building is located 11 miles away from Irazú Volcano, in a place called Prusia. This place is characterized by fog and cold weather. It owes its name to the surgeon that created this center, Dr. Carlos Duran Cartin. He was Costa Rica’s president for a short period (1889-1980), during this time he founded this [...]

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Costa Rica: A Haven for Nature Lovers

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:58:46 +0000

I thought it was a brown shoelace, until it moved. When I opened the door to our room to alert my sleeping husband, the snake slithered inside. As my husband pondered what he could use to extricate it from our quarters, it exited voluntarily. The men at Rinconcito Lodge, near Rincon de la Vieja, were [...]

Costa Rica: A Haven for Nature Lovers © TheCostaRicaNews.com

Toronto to Costa Rica for Valentine’s Day? $299 Roundtrip after Taxes

TCRN STAFF — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:24:01 +0000

Update: Looks like Feb 20-27 is also available. Reading week isn’t it? —————- Not a bad Valentine’s gift! Here’s how to find it… 1. http://www.flightnetwork.com/ 2. Search for a flight from Toronto to Liberia, Costa Rica Departing: Feb 11 Returning: Feb 18 OR Departing: Feb 13 Returning: Feb 20 (For the Feb 13-20 one, pick the [...]

Toronto to Costa Rica for Valentine’s Day? $299 Roundtrip after Taxes © TheCostaRicaNews.com

“All Bureaucrats” Goes on Tour – Free Theater Performance

TCRN STAFF — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:53:35 +0000

Free show for communities in Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Quepos and Guácimo Award winner dramaturgy for 2011 “All bureaucrats”, by writer Luis Arguedas, packs his suitcases and goes on the road to different places in our country. Residents of Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago paradise, Quepos and Guácimo will enjoy this successful play that tells the story of [...]

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Celebrate Super Bowl XLVI, 2012 Texas Style in Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:06:13 +0000

If you are looking for a place in Costa Rica to watch Super Bowl XLVI, and see the New England Patriot take on the New York Giants, Tom Brady vesus Eli Manning in the house that Peyton Manning built in Indianapolis, then look no further than Texas BBQ in San Joaquin de Flores. This quiet [...]

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Central America Sees Boom in European Visitor Numbers

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:55 +0000

Central America received a total of 9,577,114 foreign visitors during the first ten months of 2011, according to preliminary data provided by the ministries of tourism of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. While this figure is similar to the one registered in the same period in 2010, there is a [...]

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THE END OF THE WORLD COMES TO COSTA RICA IN EL FIN

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:42 +0000

Young Costa Rican writer-director Miguel Gomez made a big impression here at Twitch with his 2010 horror comedy El Sanatorio, a playful riff on the found footage genre. And so we have been closely following the progress of his upcoming end of the world road comedy El Fin (The End) as well. Set on the last day on [...]

Choosing An Exotic Costa Rican Wedding

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:58:14 +0000

Many people love the idea of a destination wedding because it offers something exotic, unique and special for one of the most important days in a couples life. If you are going to be getting married soon, and you are trying to choose the perfect place for a wedding, have you considered Costa Rica? A [...]

Starbucks to Expand in Central America With Costa Rica Location

TCRN STAFF — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:50:54 +0000

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) plans to open its first Costa Rican location in May as the world’s largest coffee- shop chain boosts its presence in the region. Since announcing plans to enter the Central American market in August 2010, Starbucks has opened six locations in the region, including four in El Salvador and two in Guatemala. [...]

Jose Maria Figueres Participates in the World Future Energy Summit

TCRN STAFF — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:50:03 +0000

Former Costa Rica President Jose Maria Figueres participated in the World Future Energy Summit 2012 held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 15-17 as guest of His Highness Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and guest of Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of MASDAR the sponsor of WFES. Mr. Figueres spoke [...]

Costa Unknown: A Lack of Interest from British Travellers?

TCRN STAFF — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:40:55 +0000

One can’t help wonder whether Costa Rica’s apparent shortage of British tourists is down to a lack of knowledge of its existence (you’d be surprised how many British people have seldom heard of the country) , sheer lack of appeal to them or perhaps, more realistically, the biggest issue of all is its geographical location? [...]