When my first volunteer shift begins, at 8 p.m. on a balmy Sunday night, the beach at Gandoca, Costa Rica, is eerily dark. I clutch my Wal-Mart flashlight closer. Then our patrol leader, a conservation biologist, motions to our group of newbie volunteers and says, “Turn your flashlights off. The light bothers the turtles.” Amid [...]
A child from the Bangor area will venture to Costa Rica to be the first person from Maine to have Adult Stem Cell Therapy for Autism. As Meghan Hayward tells us, his parents have high hopes for their son’s continued progress. ” What color is your popsicle today? Red, Red.” Eight-year old Kenneth Kelley was [...]
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, recently expanded its Latin American presence by naming EXI – Electromec its distributor in Costa Rica. Established in 1986 in San Jose, EXI – Electromec is a power-solutions company and full-service provider [...]
MONTEVERDE REGION, Costa Rica — The Monteverde Cloud Forest is a treasure trove of botanical wonders. It’s also a major pain to get there. Five miles of new paving on the Monteverde Road was just finished in December, adding to the seven miles already paved. But the last 13-mile stretch is still an infamous 1 [...]
The MedTrava Group, a Texan medical tourism agency, has partnered with Hospital Clinica Biblica in Costa Rica to offer patients seeking overseas health care a high-quality, low-cost health care option that is only a few hours away from the US. MedTrava offers all-inclusive medical, cosmetic and dental packages at savings of 50-80% over the skyrocketing [...]
(UPI) — U.S. and Costa Rican scientists say they’ve developed the first climate-based computer model that can predict dengue fever outbreaks in Costa Rica. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami and the University of Costa Rica said the new model can predict dengue fever epidemics with 83 percent accuracy, up to [...]
The name means ‘rich coast’, and this stretch of Central America is just that, with hot springs and cloud forest, jungle and volcanoes. Andy Szczuka reveals a wealth of holiday options Riches aplenty? Costa Rica is Spanish for “rich coast”, and was the conquistadors’ name for this stretch of Central America. Yet this peaceful gem [...]
Now you can finally get that procedure you’ve always dreamed of at an exceptionally reasonable price. With a wealth of skilled surgeons and state-of-the-art medical facilities, Costa Rica is internationally recognized as a top-notch medical tourism destination. Find out how you can benefit from some of the best cosmetic surgeons in the world, without breaking [...]
WHEN Ben Schreiner, a 62-year-old retired Bank of America executive, found out last year he would need surgery for a double hernia, he started evaluating possible doctors and hospitals. But he didn’t look into the medical center in his hometown of Camden, S.C., or the bigger hospitals in nearby Columbia. Instead, his search led him [...]
University of Costa Rica scientists discovered a new species of frog in a mountainous region of their country. The frog is about 2 cm. in length and lives in the Altamira-Valle de Silencio area at an altitude of around 8,000 feet. The habitat there is rainforest with cool temperatures. The frog was named Diasporus ventrimaculatus. [...]
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