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By the 1990s, Tamarindo and nearby surf spots — Witch's Rock, Ollie's Point — weren't exactly secrets, but the release of “Endless Summer II” really broke things wide open.

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TBT: Pan Am Flight 421 crashes in Costa Rica on this day in 1980

The Tico Times - September 3, 2020

On this day in 1980, a Boeing 727 operating Pan American World Airways flight 421 crashed short of Costa Rica's Juan Santamaría International Airport.

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Construction of Costa Rica’s National Stadium

Nate Doughty - December 12, 2019

The 35,000-seat stadium replaced its predecessor of the same name and location.

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Costa Rica’s imposing Rio Grande railway bridge

The Tico Times - November 28, 2019

The Rio Grande railway bridge is one of Costa Rica's most impressive architectural achievements

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TBT: Pan American Clipper connects Costa Rica to Texas

The Tico Times - October 3, 2019

In December 1946, Pan American Airways connected Costa Rica with a direct flight to Corpus Christi and Houston, Texas.

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TBT: Costa Rica’s gift of happiness

The Tico Times - September 26, 2019

Why are Costa Ricans so happy? It might just be because of the talking, anthropomorphic sloths.

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TBT: Pan American ad invites you to a Central American ‘fiesta’

Alejandro Zúñiga - September 19, 2019

Pan American Airlines flew regularly to Costa Rica until 1981.

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TBT: When LACSA flew the colors of Costa Rica across the Americas

Alejandro Zúñiga - May 23, 2019

LACSA, or Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses S.A., once flew the colors of Costa Rica throughout North, Central and South America.

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Costa Rica Aviation: A Mid-1920s Costa Rican air mail postage stamp

Alejandro Zúñiga - April 11, 2019

The featured photograph shows a mid-1920s postal stamp for air mail in Costa Rica.