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| Page Views: 4,661 Last Visit to Costa Rica: September, 1997 | From a birders point of view by kyoub - last update: Nov 2, 2005 |
Costa Rica is not an island in the Caribbean, it is in the center of Central America. It would take months to really explore it, yet with less than 20,000 square miles, it is one of the smallest countries in Latin America.
We walked among the rain forest giants, seen the green turtles nesting, got a ringside view of two of the more active volcanoes, ogled at the birds,and heard the howler monkey. |
|  | Fauna Costa Rica is a treasure house of flora and fauna unequaled in so small an area. There are 850 species of birds here.
Costa Rica is known around the world for its national park system, now protecting over 12 percent of the land.
We came as a couple that wanted to see some birds. We left as birders. We had caught the fever. |
Adventure Costa Rica is a place to try things that you have never done before: go whitewater rafting,tramp along trails in a tropical forest, ford rivers with water to the hood of your car, take off on horseback to explore the countrside.
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| Pros: | "Incredible natural beauty" | | Cons: | "Diesel fumes" | | In A Nutshell: | "There is something different about Costa Rica" |
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 kyoub's Costa Rica Travelogues | | | | Title [Click to view] | Travel Year | Pictures | | Arribada | September, 1997 |  6 | | Tarcol | May, 1995 | 4 | | Nosara | September, 1997 | 3 |
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kyoub Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:51 UTC
Costa Rica offers some great experiences. Thanks for the comments. | sourbugger Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:33 UTC
some excellent tiny animal tips here - always a winner for me ! | Pete.Gibson Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:11 UTC
Thank you for sharing your experiences in this fasinating country, its still high up there on my to go list | toonsarah Sun Oct 21, 2007 14:22 UTC
An excellent overview of one of the countries high on my wish list - and now even higher, thanks especially to your descriptions of birds and the turtles nesting |
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