by Nick Halverson | Aug 10, 2015 | Costa Rica Business, Costa Rica tourism, Costa Rica Travel
United Airlines Adds Two Nonstop Flights to Costa Rica Source: The Tico Times The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) in July reported that U.S. carrier United Airlines will open two seasonal flights between Denver and Costa Rica from December to April. One of the flights...
by Nick Halverson | Aug 7, 2015 | Birding, Costa Rica Pictures, Costa Rica tourism, Costa Rica Travel, Las Villas de San Buenas
The photograph below was taken by Nick Halverson in May 2015 from the backyard of Casa Lapa using a Nikon D5000 with a Nikkor 18-140 mm lens. It is of a scarlet macaw (or a lapa as they are known in Costa Rica). There were four lapas eating the ripening almonds...
by Nick Halverson | Feb 14, 2015 | Costa Rica, Costa Rica tourism, Costa Rica Travel, Las Villas de San Buenas, News
Costa Rica is the Happiest Country in the World Costa Rica has once again been judged to be the “Happiest Country in the World” by the Happy Planet Index. The rankings are based on the following three components, and each is given a traffic-light score...
by Nick Halverson | Feb 13, 2015 | Beaches, Costa Rica real estate, Costa Rica Travel, Las Villas de San Buenas, News
Costa Rica Most Popular National Parks There are currently 50 national parks in Costa Rica, spread across the country, on both coasts and are varying in type as in the number of national parks. Some have volcanoes, others mountain peaks, while many are located on the...
by Nick Halverson | Feb 12, 2015 | Costa Rica, Costa Rica tourism, Costa Rica Travel, Las Villas de San Buenas
The number of travelers traveling through Costa Rica’s two international airports increased by over 6% in 2014 compared to 2013. The Tico Times provided the following information. Not surprisingly the majority of visitors come from North America. In fact, North...
by Nick Halverson | Jan 23, 2015 | Costa Rica, Costa Rica development, Costa Rica real estate, Costa Rica tourism, Costa Rica Travel, Las Villas de San Buenas
We made a terrific choice! The Madrigal family from San Jose, Costa Rica, recently spent a week in Las Villas de San Buenas. After their stay they wrote the following review of their stay. ———— We decided to go south Costa Rica for our year end...
