Recently I had the opportunity to visit a new hotel called Corteza Amarilla, Located just 15 minutes from Juan Santamaria International Airport and 12 minutes from San Jose Downtown, built in a 4500 square meter property, and with a unique type of architecture mixing Art Noveau, Deco, Barroque and some oriental influence.
I drove three and a half hours from San Jose down to Dominical, though San Isidro. Dominical is located in the South of Costa Rica, in a highly well paved recommended scenic mountain roads. This scenic drive makes the trip very pleasant. San Isidro is a popular town, with all kind of stores for your necessities.
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United Press International : Buenos Aires’ airport has become the first in the world to have a permanent, licensed psychiatric clinic for white-knuckle flyers. Read the rest of this entry »
The Associated Press, International Herald Tribune : Brazil on Friday inaugurated an Internet-based lumber tracking system that authorities said will help them crack down on illegal logging in the Amazon rain forest. Read the rest of this entry »
BBC News : Maria Esther de Capovilla - officially the world’s oldest woman - has died in Ecuador aged 116, relatives said.Capovilla died at dawn on Sunday in the coastal city of Guayaquil after succumbing to pneumonia. Her funeral was planned for Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Astor, FOX News : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — Scientists on Monday unveiled a replica of a skeleton scientists said was from the largest dinosaur species yet discovered in Brazil _ a mid-sized herbivore that roamed central Brazil some 80 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period.A scientific description of the dinosaur, which represents a previously unknown species and measured some 13 yards from head to tail, was published on Aug. 11 in Brazilian National Museum’s bulletin. Read the rest of this entry »
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