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Costa Rica’s Climate: two seasons, but how? Costa Rica’s climate is typical of the tropics. There are two seasons: a dry season and a rainy season. The beginning and end of these seasons are determined by the intertropical convergence zone. This region of the planet, which lies in the tropics, changes position according to which…

The key to a successful trip is good preparation. There’s nothing more unpleasant than when, at the other end of the world, you discover that you’ve forgotten the essentials, such as your razor, the flashlight that will come in so handy or your little one’s blankie. Costa Rica Découverte gives you a few tips to…

Costa Rica’s climate: some final details Throughout this series of articles, we’ve explored Costa Rica’s climate. First, we discovered the main factors that influence Costa Rica’s climate: the intertropical convergence zone, the oceans, the mountains and the volcanoes. Next, we studied the influence of the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean on Costa Rica’s climate….

Costa Rica’s climate: an enigma to be solved Costa Rica’s climate is an enigma. Weather is already unpredictable in the tropics. Now imagine it in a rugged country like Costa Rica, surrounded by water but not an island. Yet it’s thanks to this random and unpredictable climate that this little piece of land is the…

Street signs in Costa Rica deserve an article of their own! Until now, Costa Rica was one of the few countries in the world not to use numbers and names to identify a place. Street Signs in Costa Rica Until now, the wayfinding system was based on the location of shops, administrations and public buildings….

On the occasion of two previous articles, we talked about tica addresses and four in particular that continue to be reference points for ticos. But beyond the cultural characteristic that is both funny and curious for Costa Ricans and foreigners alike, it turns out that tica addresses cost the country. Address puzzle for tica Mail…

A short while ago, we told you about the origins of Costa Rica’s characteristic “tica” addresses. Today, we continue our tour of San José with two new “addresses”: the former Cine Capri and the Matute Gómez house. Addresses of the former Cine Capri Cinema Capri was located on San José’s central avenue. It had just…

Send me the address via Waze! It’s the recurring expression among ticos today to avoid dealing with “addresses a la tica” (previous articles on the subject) Waze, the star tool in Costa Rica With 500,000 active members, San Jose is the third-largest Latin American city to use Waze, just below Mexico City (Mexico) and Sao…