New ‘Monster’ Invades Costa Rica Posted: Thursday, January 12, 2012 – By Richard Abraham Dear Tico Times: There is a new monster loose in Costa Rica. This monster kills people, animals, children’s education, tourism, business, roads and peace and quiet. The monster’s name is “tractor trailer.” On the new Pacific coastal highway (costanera), these monsters [...]
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A U.S.-bound air passenger was found to be carrying nearly $10,000 in counterfeit $100 bills Wednesday, but he was allowed to leave after police confiscated the funny money. The incident took place at Juan Santamaría airport. The Policía Aeroportuaria of the Fuerza Pública said they found 95 fake bills in the pocket of the 34-year-old [...]
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Words you don’t want to hear when there are pets coming into Costa Rica. When World Pet Travel or anyone else has pets coming into Costa Rica you do NOT want to hear are “Tica system is down”. What this means is that your pets are not going anywhere. They cannot clear customs when the [...]
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This month there was a horrible catastrophe that took place in Escazu that needs to be brought to the forefront if you have not already heard about it. Many humble souls were lost in the mudslides in the middle of the night when the rain brought down much of the mountain in the hills of [...]
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Be careful where you stay while in La Fortuna! Recently we took a trip through La Fortuna because the bridge was out going to Playa Coco on the Caldera Highway. We stopped for dinner in a place in La Fortuna next to one of those tourist booths and for some reason took a shine to [...]
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Do you ever just want to shoot people for being inconsiderate? I realize this is a touchy forbidden subject and I may lose some readers for going here but I just can’t keep quiet anymore. Some people just don’t use their heads in everyday life. They are just inconsiderate about things and others have to [...]
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I write a lot about animals coming into Costa Rica, but this is a subject close to my heart. This past week 3 birds FINALLY made it into Costa Rica after a year of toil and trouble with Costa Rica government issues. They came in last November only to be turned away after being given [...]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf76qGmVZw8 I’m not the cyber guru that Ramiro is and i could not figure out how to get this video to open on this page but I believe that if you cut and paste the link into your browser it should work. This video portrays the directions one would get and how an expat would [...]
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You might have already seen the news in the states or maybe you read the paper online like I do, or you were there when the big one hit. Whichever of these you fall under, Thursday was a very memorable day in Costa Rica. There was an incredibly strong (6.2) earthquake that made the world [...]
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Two to three times a year we pick up the paper or read online that another fugitive has been captured in Costa Rica. The last bad guy was picked up in Playa Garza last month. This one was a convicted child molester. Tom Noel Mastin is the latest of several fugitives that have made their [...]
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