Costa Rica from Wikipedia
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( or República de Costa Rica, ) is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east.
Costa Rica, which translates literally as "Rich Coast", was the first country in the world to constitutionally abolish its army. Costa Rica has consistently been among the top Latin American countries in the Human Development Index, ranking 50th in 2006. The country is ranked 5th in the world, and 1st among the Americas, in terms of the 2008 Environmental Performance Index. In 2007 the Costa Rican government announced plans for Costa Rica to become the first carbon neutral country by 2021. According to the New Economics Foundation, Costa Rica ranks first in the Happy Planet Index and is the greenest country in the world. The HPI measures how much of the Earth's resources nations use and how long and happy a life their citizens enjoy as a result.
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SaraMu wrote...
Costa Rica is great. I'm surprised by all the North Americans that live there.
Posted February 08, 2009
MindGuru wrote...
Excellent! Lensrolled on my Central American group and Pura Vida lenses
Posted December 28, 2008
Evelyn_Saenz wrote...
5 Stars and Favored!
Some virtual unschoolers came over to check out your lens and learned so much from it that they are sending you a virtual Cup of Coffee to hang on your wall.
Posted May 02, 2008
MarkBentley wrote...
KonaGirl, Like most places, if you can get by without the local
language (in this case spanish) really depends on where you
go. For the most part, I would expect you to be
fine. My
brother is there right now and only speaks what he picks up
along the way...
Posted May 01, 2008
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