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Central Valley

Alajuela Walking Tours bring city’s secrets to light

The Tico Times - August 1, 2016

Alajuela Walking Tours explore this fascinating city's little-known history — scandals, crimes, heroes and hidden treasures.

Costa Rica

Tortuguero, Costa Rica: Monkeys, Toucans and Caimans

The Tico Times - August 7, 2015

Acrobatic monkeys, toothy caimans, poisonous frogs, resplendent toucans: It's all in a day's tour of the canals of Tortuguero.

Travel and Tourism

Escape Jacó’s Bustle: Explore the Tranquil Hills of Bijagual

The Tico Times - March 3, 2015

If you’re looking for a break from Jacó’s non-stop action, the beach town’s antithesis is just eighteen kilometers away. As close as that is,...

Travel and Tourism

Discover Costa Rica’s Artisan Chocolate: A Sweet Journey

The Tico Times - February 2, 2015

When we arrived at Sibo, Julio Fernandez Amón handed us a cup of hot chocolate. But this was not the Swiss Miss cocoa we...

Ecotourism

Lazy bears: Just hangin’ out

The Tico Times - January 27, 2015

Whether they’re called “sloths” or “osos perezosos” (“lazy bears”), these slow-moving mammals have never earned a flattering name. But sloths are unperturbed by pretty...

Walking Around

Walking Around: Refugees Are Like You Or Me

The Tico Times - December 18, 2014

On the outside wall of Costa Rica's National Assembly I found this phrase: "Refugees are like you or me, with just one difference: they have...

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