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Costa Rica’s Best Beaches

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:59:52 +0000

Locals, tourists and expat residents agree that there are a lot of things to love about Costa Rica, but for many nothing else compares to the Central American country’s beautiful beaches. The country has a great deal of coastline considering its size, and many beaches offer a different feel depending on which stretch a beachgoer [...]

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Costa Rican Museums – Descriptions, Locations, and Hours

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:59:31 +0000

National Museum The national museum was founded in 1897 and has become a cultural center by excellence. In 1949 after Costa Rican government abolished the army, the museum was recollected in the former Bellavista Quarter, and declared a historic patrimony. The museum not only embraces the “memories of the people”, but also researches, rescues, collects, [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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? [...]

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Costa Rica Rental Car

TCRN STAFF — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:23:40 +0000

When tourists visit Costa Rica these days, many are doing it for the same reason, the incredible eco-tourism experience. The best way to go anywhere and see what you want to see, be it volcanoes like Arenal or Poas, the rain forests of Monte Verde, Tortuga Turtles and the pristine beaches of Guanacaste or whale [...]

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The Start of the Chili Wars

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:59:28 +0000

How One Man Took On Texas When last we left-off it was 1893. We were at the Chicago World’s Fair at the first San Antonio ”Chilley” stand. Had we stood on line we would have been rewarded with a sampling of meat seasoned with a blend of hot chili peppers and other spices. It was [...]

Costa Rica’s Fabulous, Fearsome Fauna: A Retiree’s Dilemma

Kat Sunlove — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:58:21 +0000

A few nights ago when friends were over for dinner, we were relaxing and talking over glasses of wine in our back patio “dining room” when one of us looked up toward the ceiling and spied a large black tarantula slowly cruising along the top edge of the wall. As we gazed at the unwelcome [...]

Rain Forest, Beach and Wildlife make Costa Rica a Natural Paradise

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:00:44 +0000

PUERTO VIEJO DE SARAPIQUÍ, Costa Rica — Something crashed into the water off to one side of our narrow, flat-bottomed boat on the swirling Sarapiquí River. It was a big tree limb that had broken under the weight of two huge green iguanas. The iguanas were now stroking for shore in the creamy, coffee-colored water. [...]

Fun Costa Rica Facts – Random Things to Know

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:59:38 +0000

In Costa Rica, it is not uncommon to give coffee to babies (in their bottle, with milk) and to young children. I found this astonishing! Having had the “pleasure” of a two year old a few times in my life, I simply could not imagine a two year old on espresso! MANY Costa Ricans use [...]

COSTA RICA, PURA VIDA -There’s never a long wait for a pleasure

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:59:35 +0000

Costa Rica was a hard place to get to in 1963. When my parents and I took the Pan American Highway from San Antonio to its capital of San José that year, it took a week of difficult driving. Forty-nine years later, my travel time — including a brief layover in Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental [...]