Costa Rica News Archives - January, 2012
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Hiking Costa Rica's wildest coastal trailTico TimesThe 11-kilometer coastal trail from Drake Bay to Corcovado, on southwestern Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, passes by towering giants surrounding rocky points pounded by Pacific waves. Broken only by wild beaches of all sizes, two small rivers and …
Costa Rica's Franklin Chang into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame
The Costa Rica News
Born in Costa Rica, Chang-Diaz was the first naturalized US citizen to become an astronaut when he was chosen by NASA in 1980. Serving as a mission specialist, he flew aboard four of the agency's five space shuttle orbiters.
The Future of Costa Rica: Leading Biofuel Production
The Costa Rica News
Blame it on increased awareness of climate change or on the fact that humans have found this new appreciation for nature but biofuel production is the newest craze to hit Costa Rica! Renewable Energy Farms are by no means a new concept, …
Cadastral Map Will Give Costa Rica's Property Owners and Buyers More Security
Inside Costa Rica
The new information is very valuable both for owners and potential buyers of land or property in Costa Rica. The process of the cadastral map is to take aerial photographs of the entire national territory, following will be an ortho-photography and …
Central America Sees Boom in European Visitor Numbers
The Costa Rica News
Central America received a total of 9577114 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.
US women's soccer team qualifies for Olympics
Houston Chronicle
United States' Abby Wambach, center, crashes into Costa Rica goalkeeper Erika Miranda, left, during the first half of CONCACAF women's Olympic qualifying soccer game action at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Getting Away: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
NorthJersey.com
His final destination before returning home was Costa Rica, the Central American nation wedged between Nicaragua and Panama. While there, he found his way to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, often called Puerto Viejo for short, a charmingly ramshackle former ...
Arla McPeek: 9 days in Costa Rica offers unlimited fun
Livingston Daily
By Arla McPeek If it's adventure you're after, Costa Rica just might be your ideal vacation spot. Its year-round warm weather and varied terrain make possible a wealth of outdoor activities. It's not a very big country - it's smaller than the state of …
Traveling To Costa Rica? Check Your Passport
Inside Costa Rica
Heading to Costa Rica? Or anywhere else abroad? When was the last time you checked your passport? If you're planning a trip to another Costa Rica, take a look at your passport's expiry date, even if it doesn't expire during your travels, you might not …
Costa Rica's Fabulous, Fearsome Fauna: A Retiree's Dilemma
The Costa Rica News
We smiled and shook our heads in wonder, just another close encounter with some of the amazing wildlife here in Costa Rica. There is an extravagant amount, an absolute cornucopia, of Nature's diversity here with creepy-crawlies large and small, …
Rain forest, beach and wildlife make Costa Rica a natural paradise
Palm Beach Daily News
By Joseph B. Treaster 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 …
Costa Rica Beaches To Beat The Winter
Inside Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a great way to beat the cold and snow of the North American winter, if only for a short time. The country has always been associated with the great outdoors: from rainforests to volcanoes like Arenal, the country has offered visitors “me …
Costa Rica: Prototype for the future?
High Plains Journal
By Ken Root Most of us would have to get a map to know where Costa Rica is located. It is not a country that has been in the news. It has no army. It is not a country that has called attention to itself due to hunger and poverty because it has the …
Costa Rica surpasses foreign investment goals
Tico Times
During the first nine months of 2011, Costa Rica had a total foreign direct investment of $1.5 billion. IBM plans to invest $300 million in information technology services in Costa Rica over the next 10 years. Costa Rica's foreign direct investment …
Over the River and Through the Woods, to Costa Rica's Massive Arenal Volcano
Jaunted
Then, on my recent surf trip to Costa Rica, I decided to take a couple of days away from the water and go check out the volcano Arenal, one of the ten most active in the world. It last erupted as recently as 1968, when it destroyed three small villages ...
Abundant wildlife and different climatic zones in Costa Rica
Monsters and Critics.com
By Maren Landwehr Jan 17, 2012, 3:06 GMT San Jose, Costa Rica - Visitors to Costa Rica can experience an impressive and varied natural landscape with volcanoes, rain forests and abundant wildlife, although the climate does take some getting used to for ...
Michael Rosenberg: I zip-lined in Costa Rica -- and survived
Detroit Free Press
Recently I found myself flying head-first, stomach-down over a river in Costa Rica, with only a rope and a couple of hooks keeping me from an instant and flamboyant death, and the odd thing about this is I actually paid for the privilege. …
Costa Rica Measles And Rubella Free: First In The Americas
Inside Costa Rica
Costa Rica became the first American country to eradicate measles and rubella, with the last case of measles reported in 1999 and rubella in 2001. That means the country has been free of the diseases for over ten years. As a result, health authorities …
COSTA RICA PuraVida
San Antonio Express
By Mary M. Fisher, For the Express-News 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. …
Trade visit boosts Costa Rica ties with Germany
Tico Times
Germany minister visits Costa Rica, meets with president to discuss future business and environmental opportunities. The German minister of economic cooperation and development arrived in Costa Rica Wednesday to talk environmental conservation and …
January Is The Month of Sun and Sand In Costa Rica
Inside Costa Rica
While many struggle through the "cuesta de Enero", many others use January to vacation, taking advantage of one of the most beautiful months of the year in Costa Rica and before their children head back to school next month. Many take to Puntarenas and ...
Costa Rican Telecommunications: A Primer for Retirees
The Costa Rica News
For those who choose to retire in Costa Rica, the ability to stay in touch with loved ones, run an Internet-based business or just peruse world news is critical to a happy retirement. In this column I will cover the basics of Costa Rica's communication ...
The Earth Charter in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News
The Earth Charter Initiative (ECI), located in Costa Rica, began with an excellent vision but limited intent. It provides an “ethical framework for the values and principles of sustainability from an integrated approach.” Can ECI be renewed with a …
Nature & Adventure Activities in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News
There are a multitude of different things to do in Costa Rica; the hardest thing is deciding which to do first. Costa Rica's plethora of natural attractions like beaches, islands, rain forests, waterfalls, coral reefs and volcanoes offer the perfect …
New cop cars a gift from China
Tico Times
China's efforts to help Costa Rica deal with crime continue with a donation of new patrol vehicles. Public Security Minister Mario Zamora and Chinese Ambassador to Costa Rica Li Changhua were in the Pacific port of Caldera on Friday morning to welcome …
New York Times selects Costa Rica's Nosara for list of places to visit in 2012
Tico Times
“With sandy beaches, warm, jade-green waters and rolling waves that rarely get too big, the remote jungle community of Nosara on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica has become the ideal spot to learn to surf,” the New York Times wrote. …
Costa Rican artist turns recycled paper into sculptures
Tico Times
The Costa Rican artist uses recycled paper, felled trees and discarded pieces of wood and iron to construct his unique pieces of art. Tabash, 35, has been interested in both art and environmental conservation since he was a young boy growing up in San …
Costa Rica's Coffee Shipments Rose 2.6% in December, Icafe Says
Bloomberg
Coffee exports from Costa Rica climbed 2.6 percent last month, according to the Costa Rican Coffee Institute, known as Icafe. Shipments totaled 78300 bags of 60 kilograms (132 pounds) in December, up from 76322 bags a year earlier, Icafe said yesterday ...
Todd Bieber, Comedian, Documents Encounter With Orphan Monkey Babies In Costa …
Huffington Post
Most people would be thrilled to enjoy a relaxing vacation at a resort in Costa Rica, but not comedian and film maker Todd Bieber (no relation, sorry). Looking for an adventure in an area which at first seemed surprisingly bereft of such, …
Medical Travel Summit to take place in Costa Rica
Breaking Travel News
ICT The Costa Rican Tourism Board is proud once again to be co-sponsors of The International Medical Travel Summit 2012 on April 23-25, 2012 in San Jose. The Summit will be held at the well-appointed Real Intercontinental Hotel in Escazu, Costa Rica, …
A jewel to discover
Calgary Herald
By Alex Frazer-Harrison, The Calgary Herald December 31, 2011 From its unparalleled ocean views, mountains, coral reefs and wildlife, to its high standard of living, Costa Rica is a jewel waiting to be discovered by those looking for a retirement or …
In Costa Rica, Palms, Tiles and Cane
New York Times
Islita, Costa Rica IN 2004, Beth Ewing and her family flew from their home in Dallas to a group holiday on the Guanacaste coast, a remote zone of verdant farms and national park land in northwest Costa Rica. They fell in love, and quickly. …
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