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Pacifiers on the Pacific Coast

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December 11th 2006
so we headed out to the pacific coast into the deepest jungle we could get to without a helicopter. well, that's not exactly true, but we did put our almost-new rental through hell! it held up in the mountains (i think more than 8000ft) and the hot jungle mud slides (unpaved roads with dips 3 feet deep and boulders every few feet) and on the road from dominical to quepos which was described ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco

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Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong techn... ... read more