Since coming to Costa Rica I have shed many inhibitions. Inhibitions about dancing and singing (I now actually sing Karaoke in Spanish….something I never would have remotely considered a couple years ago). One thing I have not shed is the extra weight around my mid-section. Probably the single largest reason for that is that I […]
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What is a “cloud forest” is a question I offer here from customers of Package Costa Rica, my travel company? Costa Rica, being a tropical yet mountainous country, is home to many cloud forests. Monteverde is likely the most widely known of such forests and thousands of tourists visit it each year. But there are […]
Since coming to Costa Rica I have become a lover of latin music and latin dance (see my squidoo lens…My Favorite Latin Music). After many lessons and a lot of practice, I have become what I would consider an “adequate”dancer of salsa and merengue. However, I am most interested in learning how to dance cumbia…tico […]
Folks from the States have recently looked to Costa Rica as an affordable place to relocate, for retirement and for other reasons. Often they come here thinking that they have found paradise, only to return to the States after a short time frustrated with the culture. Therefore, the question often arises, what does it take […]
Life in Costa Rica is light. The “lightness” of life here is reflected in the people, in how they play and in how they work. It is not that they don’t take life seriously. It is just that here we don’t take it too seriously. There is no better indication of this life attitude than […]
Growing up I always looked forward to the transition between seasons. It always seemed to bring about a fresh outlook on life. That things were changing and for the better. I guess that is because I have always been an eternal optimist. For some reason I have always had the notion in my head that […]
The natural splendor of Costa Rica is displayed in many areas. The are majestic mountains, stunningly beautiful coastline and dense tropical forests teaming with life. However, the incredible natural phenomenon that is Costa Rica is perhaps nowhere displayed as richly as in the diversity of its birds. I have made it a goal to learn […]
Beginning in the nineteenth century the newly formed Costan Rican government encouraged coffee production. “The Costa Rican government…in order to get coffee going in Costa Rica was to give any person that wanted up to 25 coffee plants to harvest, and from there a plot of land on which to harvest it.” A coffee plantation […]
They say the canopy tour was invented in Costa Rica. That seems to me to be a bit of a stretch. I mean surely the military have been using zip lines for decades. Maybe converting this time honored means of getting from point A to point B very quickly into a recreational activity to be […]
San Jose, Costa Rica, my home town. Wow. Where can I begin? So many memories. San Jose doesn’t have the best reputation among the tourist crowd. Many of our clients at Package Costa Rica prefer to avoid the big city. Okay Okay so there are problems. Horrendous traffic congestion and a rising crime rate. But what […]
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