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I went to Costa Rica for the first time. Here are 5 things I'm glad I packed — and 3 I wish I'd brought.
I made a few packing mistakes on my first Costa Rica trip and learned which essentials to pack next time, from beauty ...
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Promises of happier, healthier living drove tourists to Costa Rica in droves. Now, locals say the Blue Zone lifestyle is dying out.
"One of the reasons we came here was because there was so little here, and we really enjoyed the real Costa Rica — the jungle and everything being very local, things like that," Thomas Jones ...
The Tico Times15d
Costa Rica’s Environmental Scandal: Locals Fined, Foreign Hotels Untouched
“Locals are punished, but big resorts keep building.” This issue resonates deeply with expats and tourists, who are drawn to Costa Rica’s eco-friendly reputation but increasingly scrutinize its ...
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Locals Thought These Shipwrecks Had Belonged to Pirates. They Turned Out to Be 300-Year-Old Danish Slave Ships
The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off the coast of Costa Rica in the 18th century ...