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The essentials for your stay in Costa Rica


The essentials for your stay in Costa Rica
  • 21Aug 23

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.

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Costa Rica’s Climate: all there is to know (3/3)


Costa Rica’s Climate: all there is to know (3/3)
  • 21Aug 23

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….

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Costa Rica’s Climate: all there is to know (2/3)


Costa Rica’s Climate: all there is to know (2/3)
  • 21Aug 23

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…

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Costa Rica’s Climate: all there is to know (1/3)


Costa Rica’s Climate: all there is to know (1/3)
  • 21Aug 23

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…

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Street signs and numbers in San José


Street signs and numbers in San José
  • 07Aug 23

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.

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Tica addresses cost Costa Rica


Tica addresses cost Costa Rica
  • 07Aug 23

On the occasion of two previous articles (here and here), we talked about tica addresses and four in particular that continue to be reference points for ticos.

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Tica addresses (part 2)


Tica addresses (part 2)
  • 07Aug 23

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.

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Waze to the rescue of “tica-style” addresses


Waze to the rescue of “tica-style” addresses
  • 07Aug 23

Envoie-moi l’adresse par Waze ! C’est l’expression récurrente parmi les ticos aujourd’hui pour éviter de traiter avec “les adresses à la tica“ (articles précédents sur le sujet : ici, ici et ici)

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