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Street hole in San Pedro, Costa Rica
If you have never been to Costa Rica, there are several survival rules to move here, one of them, and probably the most important one to know that the streets and highways are extremely dangerous due to several, and I mean several holes. For some reason in Costa Rica, the maintenance of the streets is very low or sometimes I even think non-existent, and driving has become a hassle, specially in the downtown area of San Jose. Costa Rica has an entity: Ministerio de Obras Publicas y... Read Full Story

Costa Rica’s northwestern Guanacaste province

Despite sputtering regional economy, Costa Rica’s northwestern Guanacaste province is still attracting a large amount of tourists. According to recent statistics, Guanacaste observed a record number of tourists in 2007. Guanacaste Chamber of Tourism carried out a marketing survey and found that people coming in the country through the Daniel Oduber Internation Airport increased by 13% compared to the previous year. In 2008, the number of tourists grew even more. According to the Costa Rica... Read Full Story

Booming tourism in Costa Rica

While U.S. economy is passing through a hard time and its citizens are cutting budget on distant travel and tourism, the influx of ever-increasing number of tourists is ushering renewed aspirations in the Tourism Industry of Costa Rica. This eventually is contribution substantially to the national economy. A study conducted by the Guanacaste Chamber of Tourism (CATURGUA) recently revealed a 13% growth in tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the entire 2007. Generally... Read Full Story

Views From a Crystal House

From:  keetsa.com
There is no better way to appreciate nature and surroundings other than to try out this Crystal House released by Hacienda Matapalo which provides a 360 view of the Rain Forest and all the beauty and creatures that nature has to offer. Design by multi-awarded designer Miguel Wong, the Crystal House boasts of the best that Coast Rica Real Estate has to offer. As a home owner, it places emphasis on transparency and actually living what the environment is all about. It is surrounded by the... Read Full Story

Cow Parade Auction was a hit!

Stripper Cow: Cow Parade Costa Rica
    Stripper Cow and “Bistek Encebollado” : Cow Parade Costa Rica (Pictures by GGC) This year Costa Rica joined many other countries around with the very much expected Cow Parade, which is the world’s largest public art event: Artist from the selected country will create original designs on cow statues provided by the organization and for a few months all these original art pieces will be exposed to the public on the main cities of each country; at the end of the show, the cows are... Read Full Story
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