The Papagayo Peninsula, Costa Rica Just outside Liberia on the verdant Northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, lies the Papagayo Peninsula, a region made up of unspoiled tropical forests and pristine beaches with black, coral and gray sand. AND.... The Four Seasons.... One for the Road Prints ...
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Playa Carrillo, Costa Rica If Laid-Back Samara is too busy for you... Playa Samara was beautiful, but I had heard Playa Carrillo, 4 kilometers to the south, was somehow even prettier. Playa Carrillo is another perfect crescent-shaped bay that is superbly undeveloped with no buildings at all along coconut palm-lined boulevard ...
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Playa Samara, Costa Rica After trekking around the cloud forests of Monteverde for a few days, it was beach time... We opted to head to Playa Samara along the Pacific coast of the Nicoya Peninsula. Playa Samara is a large crescent bay, with a 7 kilometer-long white sandy beach, and a laid-back Tico town. Other ...
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The National Parks Service Celebrates its Centennial "On Aug. 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act establishing the National Park Service (NPS), which at the time oversaw 35 national parks and monuments. Until then, there had been no guarantee that the country's national parks would be protected and preserved by the federal government ...
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Selvatura Park Tree Top Walkways & Suspension Bridges The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is undoubtedly beautiful, but to me, it was literally a walk through the forest; I'm an in-you-face vista kind of guy whereas the cloud forest has a subtle beauty. Had a jaguar jumped out on the trail in front of us, I'd ...
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve "The jewel in the crown of cloud forest reserves." - National Geographic The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is a private, non-profit reserve administered by the Tropical Science Center and created in 1972 by scientist George Powell and Quaker Wilford Guindon. The reserve protects 26,000 acres (10,500 hectares) spanning six distinct ecological ...
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Selvatura Park Canopy Tour I had never zip-lined before and according to my research from watching South Park, I really didn't want to. But my girlfriend wanted to zipline in Monteverde so I played along... And it was AWESOME! Located about 30 minutes north of Santa Elena, down a steep, bumpy road, Selvatura Park seemed ...
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Valle Escondido Preserve & the Monteverde Inn I had booked the Monteverde Inn for a few nights, simply because it seemed to have a good view of the Gulf of Nicoya and the Pacific Ocean that my lazy-ass could easily photograph sunset from. We were pleasantly surprised when we arrived to find the inn actually ...
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