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Tips for meaningful travel in Costa Rica

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Here are some tips on how to make the most of your Costa Rican experience.
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Despite its dark past, Medellín, Colombia, remains one of Latin America’s great cities

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Once synonymous with drugs and bloodshed, Medellín now provides an unbelievably vibrant and colorful stage for an increasing number of foreign visitors.
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Editorial

Café Rojo: And here the twain shall meet

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Café Rojo is cute. The red sign hanging from the iron gate is cute. The one-room dining room is cute. Slatted wood tables out...
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Tourism

Urban bus tour celebrates San José

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“When you’re on vacation,” says Andrés Oreamuno, “you want to take the most advantage of your time. You don’t want to waste a minute.” So...
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Eight official rules for getting your free refill at McDonald’s

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If you're from the U.S. or Canada, you likely understand the concept of  free refills quite well. You order a soft drink. When you've...
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What to Do if Bees Attacks you in Cost Rica

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The only thing someone can do when attacked by bees is run, preferably in a zig-zag pattern, to the shelter of deep water or...
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A Costa Rica Coffee Farm and Its Unanswered Question

"A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof" – Feodor Dostoevsky. In the early 1990s, I spent most of a year in a rural area...
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Solar Panels Bring Clean Water to Costa Rica’s Nairi Awari Community

In the middle of Costa Rica's jungle, the indigenous Nairi Awari community no longer has to fetch water from the river with buckets. For...
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Central American Rattlesnake: Facts, Myths, and Its Role in Costa Rica

Today we meet Costa Rica’s rattlesnake, the Central American rattlesnake. It’s a beautiful serpent complete with potent venom, a unique warning system, and the...
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