Tourists in Costa Rica have a new ally who won’t take them across ziplines or serve them Imperial beer, but who will make their vacation here more memorable by helping to prevent unpleasant memories.
The Public Safety Ministry graduated its first class of Tourism Police last week. Outfitted with distinctive uniforms and equipped with shiny new [...]
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With the exception of Workers’ Compensation, INS grants all renewable insurance policies a grace period, after expiration date, in which you can pay for renewal.
Policies on a yearly payment schedule get 20 working days, semi-annual policies, 10 days; quarterly policies, 5 days.
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If you have traveled through the San Jose airport lately, you have no doubt seen the drug search dogs. The handlers bring the dogs up to every passenger to smell their luggage and sometimes their person.
This process has paid off for Costa Rican authorities on several occasions. Most recently found was a Canadian man with [...]
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Christmas is just around the corner and it is time to make Christmas fudge. We went to 8 different stores in search of semi-sweet chocolate chips and the country is apparantly sold out. Sarettos in Escazu usually has many of the American staples that you can’t find anywhere else as well as Auto Mercado but [...]
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