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U.S. Embassy Produces Video with Travel Warning
Employees of the United States embassy in Costa Rica put together a video on the topic of personal safety in Costa Rica. Anyone who has ever lost their U.S. Passport in Costa Rica has to deal with paying a visit to the consular services embassy in order to get a replacement. The folks at the [...]
Cell Phone Rental In Costa Rica No Longer Necessary
Private companies market cell phone rental to English speaking travelers despite the fact the local telephone company sells a five dollar prepaid phone plan. Anyone can pick up the SIM card at the airport in San Jose and be able to make local calls for seven cents a minute. Sending text messages costs less than [...]
Transitarte Festival This Weekend
This weekend the municipality of San Jose will host the 2011 Transitarte Festival, which is also known as the Festival de Verano or summer arts festival. Each year the event tours Costa Rica, however the festival in San Jose is the largest. Last year Transitarte included free concerts in Morazan Park, art exhibits at CENAC, [...]
Express Bus to Jaco Beach
After years of promises and delays its now possible to go from downtown San Jose to Jaco beach in just an hour and half by way of public transportation. Garabito buses on the express schedule recently made the switch to the new highway, which at least during the dry season is turning out to be [...]
Costa Rica Adventure Race
Trekkers from a dozen countries will compete this week in an adventure race across the Costa Rica. Racers organized into four person teams will begin Monday in Sarapiquí and traverse 550km of landscapes that include beaches, warm ocean, dry forests, rain forests, cloud forest, volcanoes, lakes, and rivers. Participants provide their own bicycle, and guide [...]
Jazz Cafe in San Pedro Longtime Favorite
The Jazz Cafe has for a decade been a popular night spot on the east side of San Jose in San Pedro. The location, when coming from downtown is just before the San Pedro Mall and taxi fare usually runs under $4. There is another location in the western suburb of Escazu, however San Pedro [...]
Calling Costa Rica
A recently as a decade ago Costa Rica was an expensive place from which to place an international phone, and while the Internet changed that for many people there still was a large group who couldn’t make an inexpensive phone call to the United States from the comfort of their home. This is because broadband [...]
La Paz Waterfall Garden and Butterfly Observatory
One of the first tourist activities I enjoyed in Costa Rica was a visit to the La Paz Waterfall Garden and Butterfly Observatory, which is a 45 minute drive from the airport in Alajuela. There are two miles of walking trails, and impressive waterfall, enclosed butterfly observatory, and hummingbird bird garden. At the time I [...]
Annual Orchid Show in San Jose
If you didn’t get a chance to check out the orchid show in San Jose the video will show you most of the flowers and give you an idea for what the event is like for next year. The location is the old customs house from the Caribbean train line that has been remodeled as [...]
St. Patrick’s Day in Downtown San Jose
Unfortunately there are no remaining Irish Pubs in downtown San Jose for alas their owners have drank themselves out of business, however this afternoon there will be no lack of St. Patrick’s Day cuisine. The New York Bar is offering corned beef and cabbage dinner for c4,500. Unfortuantely, there is no mention of the free [...]
