Emperors torch flower San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, located in the mountainous central region of the country. The first impression of San José is not usually favorable – traffic jams, mundane office buildings, obstructive billboards, brown clouds of smog, run-down sidewalks, odor-emitting potholes, and petty street crime. The city […]
squirel monkey Costa Rica stands out as a beacon of light in a region historically rife with civil wars, revolutions, political uprisings and natural disasters. The country is often described as the Switzerland of Central America. But not only is Costa Rica the safest and most developed of the Central American countries, its natural beauty […]