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Costa Rica
In Costa Rica the visitor can enjoy lovely tropical beaches, the grandest adventures, the wonders of nature, scintillating culture, all the necessary components of an ideal vacation. No wonder, then, that thousands of tourists have made Costa Rica their top travel choice.
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COSTA RICA ON SECOND LIFE
Six thousand people from the United States and Europe travel to Cocos Island daily, but not by boat.
The trip is done in Second Life, a social network website by Linden Lab, from San Francisco, California, where users have a personality or avatar that they themselves create. Here, they can chat, share stories and learn in a 3D virtual world.
On Cocos Island, sponsored by the Costa Rica Tourism Board, the species, bays, underwater world, and even the guard posts are recreated. In addition,
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| PARADOR RESORT & SPA RECEIVES WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS |
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For the fifth consecutive year, Parador Resort & Spa has been awarded the World Travel Awards.
In 2009, where more than 500 companies and organizations were nominated, the hotel received the awards from Mexico, Central America´s Leading ... more...
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| OSA WILL DEBUT ON NEW YORK CATWALK |
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The flora and fauna of the Osa-Piedras Blancas stretch (on the Costa Rica southern Pacific) will arrive to the catwalks for New York’s Fashion Week, thanks to Genesis: the Rainforest Collection, created by US designer Abi Ferrin.
While w... more...
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| NEW SPECIES OF “SKINNY” WHALES FREQUENTING THE COSTA RICAN PACIFIC WATERS |
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Since May of this year, one of the most “stylish” and unusual species of whales in the world can be easily seen, at least once every fifteen days, in the southern Pacific of Costa Rica.
This information was released by Damián Martínez a... more...
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