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 […]
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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 […]
I am normally not one prone to becoming inspired by politicians. I mean there have been some that have been inspirational, like Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and others of that caliber. I must say that Costa Rica’s current president, Oscar Arias, inspires me. This is not the first time he served as president. He served […]
In February of 1963 President John F. Kennedy visited Costa Rica. On the very day he arrived the towering Irazú Volcano began an eruption that lasted until 1965. The volcano has been rather quiet since then, but who knows when the collosus will awaken again. Irazú is the tallest of all Costa Rican volcanoes. The volcanic soil […]
One of the many reasons I love Costa Rica is that 25% of its territory is preserved as national park, refuge or some other protected classification. The smallest, yet most popular, of the national parks is Manuel Antonio. This park is really cool on a number of levels. While it is small, one could nevertheless […]
I have had many “spiritual” experiences throughout my adventures in Costa Rica, but maybe none more profound than when I made the ascent to the summit of Cerro Chirripo. Chirripo is Costa Rica’s highest peak. I made the climb with my daughter, Michelle, which made it all the more rewarding. At the end of the […]
I am often asked by our Package Costa Rica customers, “does the site of the Arenal Volcano still ‘get you’ even after you have seen it over and over so many times?” The answer to that question is easy, absolutely yes! I have seen Arenal more times than I can even attempt to remember. Yet the volcano […]
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