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Congrats to our August Sloth Kong Airport Photo Contest winner!

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Sloth Kong photo contest winner
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¡Felicidades Esteban Ramírez! Congratulations for winning our August photo contest. On behalf of Esteban and his travel partner, we’ll donate $100 to Asociación Sigannos los Buenos, which provides meals and love to hungry children in Guarari, Heredia.

The contest rules are simple: Take your photo with Sloth Kong at Juan Santamaría International Airport before boarding your flight back home, share it with us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter or email it to sk@ticotimes.net. Be sure to include the hashtag ‪#‎SlothKong‬. Check out our tagboard here: wordpress-257819-2837440.cloudwaysapps.com/skcontest/.

Every month, we’ll choose the most creative photo and donate $100 on behalf of the winner to Asociación Sigannos los Buenos.

Congratulations Esteban!

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