Costa Rica Travel

PHOTOS: Searching For Costa Rica's Theme Song

Lindblad Expeditions | Posted 05.13.2012

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I have "Left My Heart in San Francisco," had another "Beer in Mexico" and discovered the "Coast of Marseilles." So as I sit on this most perfect palm-lined beach in Costa Rica, with scarlet macaws flying overhead and the surf crashing upon dried coconuts long since fallen, I am searching my iPod in the hopes of capturing it with a song.

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PHOTOS: An Organic Coffee Plantation With A Secret Ingredient

Joseph Satto | Posted 05.12.2012

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Joseph Satto

We arrive at Finca Rosa Blanca in a drenching storm and although we're here for a few days, I'm desperate to lay eyes and boots on the plantation.

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Friday Photo: Happy Place

Kirsten Alana | Posted 03.14.2012

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Kirsten Alana

I've always though myself an adventurous person, one who appreciates the great outdoors and who would never hesitate to jump out of a plane at first chance.

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A Huffington Post Travel Guide To Family Vacations In Costa Rica

The Huffington Post | Caryl Ramsey | Posted 01.01.2012

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Family vacations in Costa Rica can be rewarding experiences or absolute disasters -- it all depends on pre-trip homework. To make planning easier, we'...

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PHOTOS: Visiting Costa Rica's Turtle Maternity Ward

Karin Palmquist | Posted 01.15.2012

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Karin Palmquist

It's not just turtles that thrive in the nature reserve: The animal and plant diversity in Tortuguero National Park is among the highest in Costa Rica with over 400 kinds of birds and 60 species of frogs.

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Costa Rica And The Quest For 'Pura Vida'

Richard Bangs | Posted 11.12.2011

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Richard Bangs

Costa Rica is like the monkey who locked up the zookeeper. It's put away the constrained thinking that keeps others stuck in unproductive routines and allowed its wildness to escape the margins.

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Destin-Nation Costa Rica: Hitting the Beach in Central America (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Dolan | Posted 08.16.2011

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With coasts on both the Pacific and Caribbean, the Central American country of Costa Rica is home to more than 750 miles of shoreline. To the traveler...

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Costa Rica Green Report Card: Southern Nicoya Peninsula

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perry Garfinkel

When we talk about eco-systems too often we forget that humans are part of the system, even if they are the last to join the community of life forms on Earth.

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Costa Rica Earthquake's Death Toll Rises To 16

AP | KENT GILBERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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VARA BLANCA DE ALAJUELA, Costa Rica — Searchers found more bodies Saturday in a restaurant buried under fallen earth, bringing the death toll to...

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