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  Our Trip To The Lake Arenal Area of Costa Rica.

  The first European explorer to encounter Costa Rica was the great navigator himself, Christopher Columbus. The day was September 18th 1502, ...

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  El Veranillo de San Juan: Costa Rica’s sunny break from the rain.

  Each year in the middle of Costa Rica's rainy season, Ticos living in Guanacaste, Puntarenas and parts of Alajuela await a respite from the ...

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  Horseback Riding Around Lake Arenal

  Adventure comes in many shapes and sizes here Costa Rica, and if you're looking for an authentic horseback riding adventure on Lake Arenal, ...

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  Obscene Public Sector Salaries Contribute To Costa Rica’s High Cost Of Living. Free video

  Well if you're like me and you've often wondered why the cost of living in Costa Rica has increased so dramatically, we have one big reason ...

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  Congress’s Plans to Lock You In

  Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. Everyone has the right to leave any country, ...

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  Exploring The Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica

  After having the exhaust pipe of our "rent a wreck" car reattached by roadside locals with bailing wire, we slowly chugged up the miles ...

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  Independence Day – Are You Really Free?

  I spent the Fourth of July, chilling on the beach in Costa Rica, enjoying the waves, the breezes and the cool ocean temperature, all by ...

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  Costa Rica Asks Visitors Not to Feed Monkeys in Manuel Antonio

  Over the years, Manuel Antonio has developed a reputation where tourists could handfeed the local monkeys. That practice has now ended with ...

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  La Paz Peace Lodge & Waterfall Gardens & Poas Volcano

  In our "rent-a-wreck" Geo Tracker, with more than 150,000 miles already logged on it, we left San Jose and set off for Peace Lodge and the ...

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  The Beginning of the End for the Euro

  A little over two decades ago, the elites of Europe met in Maastricht, the Netherlands, to realize a long-held dream. It was to create a ...

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