This is going to be interesting. I went in to the Colorado DMV to renew my driver's license ahead of a trip to Costa Rica this weekend and now I'm doomed. I blocked out a hour figuring that's about how long a five minute process would take when government bureaucracy was involved and was … [Read more...]
Books for Costa Rica
Current guidebook reviews are available on this link All Books Alphabetical by Title A Adventures in Nature: Costa Rica by Ree Strange Sheck, Paperback, 320 pages, Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 2nd edition (February 2001), ISBN: 1566912423 A guidebook to Costa Rica built from … [Read more...]
Bird & Wildlife Books
General Interest Wildlife Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica Color photos, species accounts, and distribution maps, for almost three hundred species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, moths, and other invertebrates are complimented by general introductions to … [Read more...]
Leisure Reading
Some good books while hanging out in a hammock on the beach The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir The true story of a mysterious disappearance of a trekker on the Osa Peninsula. If you've been here you'll get chills. We've crisscrossed this region many times and all the theories - drug runners, … [Read more...]
English Costa Rican Spanish Dictionary
PHRASES The ATM ate my card! ¡El cajero automático se comió mi tarjeta! When does it open? ¿A qué hora abre? When does it close? ¿A qué hora cierra? What is the exchange rate? ¿Cómo es el tipo de cambio? What is the commission? ¿Cuál es la … [Read more...]
Parks Directory – Phone & E-mail List
SINAC Oficina Central San José, Avenida 15 Calle 1º, Barrio Tournón al costado Sur de la ULACIT Teléfono: 2522-6500 Fax: 2248-2451 info@sinac.go.cr Área de Conservación Arenal Huétar Norte (ACAHN) Oficina Regional - 150 norte y 200 este del Hospital de San Carlos, Ciudad Quesada Teléfono: … [Read more...]