Today in Costa Rica

Puerto Limón

April 16, 2014

140416cruiselimon — Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times

A man runs down the beach near the Puerto Limón cruise ship dock. Limón, the largest city on Costa Rica’s Caribbean, is seeking to revive itself as a tourist destination.

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