An unassuming ecolodge near Turrialba, Costa Rica, offers a magnificent forest, cool accommodations, local poetry and even a star-crossed lovers' tale with a happy ending.
Some 800 people packed into the Wyndham Herradura Hotel on Thursday for Expotur, Costa Rica’s annual travel trade show extravaganza, where tourism professionals meet to network, make deals and showcase their hotels, tours and transportation options.
Paige Cain, one of the new owners of the Hotel Mono Azul in Manuel Antonio, shares her experience on buying a hotel in Costa Rica, and her advice to anyone thinking of doing the same.
The visitors gasped in delight when a troop of white-face monkeys suddenly appeared in the trees along the road, swinging, playing and seemingly mugging...