Costa Rica

Monteverde Cloud Forest: A Costa Rican tourist attraction that discourages tourists

by Fyllis Hockman on January 5, 2013

The last 18 miles of the road leading to the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica, full of ruts and potholes by design, takes over an hour and a half to navigate. The locals like it that way. And they choose not to fix it because it would be too easy then for tourists to visit.

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American Airlines adding international routes from New York’s JFK airport

by Karen Fawcett on February 22, 2010

American Airlines is expanding its international service to and from New York this spring. It’s inaugurating three additional routes between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and San Jose, Costa Rica; Madrid, Spain and Manchester, England. The flights to Costa Rica will begin on April 6th; Service to Madrid will start on May 1st; Service [...]

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What we’re reading: Holland America unable to dock at Costa Rica, fly beneath the waves, the best US cities for hotel deals

by Stephanus Surjaputra on October 23, 2009

A Holland America Line ship was turned away at a Limón, Costa Rica port because of a dockworkers strike.

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“We were not treated as valued customers of Carnival”

by Anita Dunham-Potter on September 4, 2009

Fred and Deborah Marenna were looking forward to celebrating their 25th anniversary on the Carnival Miracle. It was the perfect itinerary for celebrating as it would visit exotic Panama and Costa Rica.

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