Costa Rica - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture - Softcover

Koutnik, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857333241 ISBN 13: 9781857333244

Publisher: Kuperard, 2005

Synopsis

Culture Smart! Costa Rica explains how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about in the country. Giving the historical, political and cultural background, the guide reveals how to read body language and be aware of potential pitfalls in communication, and at the same time provide the cultural essentials business travellers need to successfully develop working relations in Costa Rica. Culture Smart! Costa Rica enables the reader to get the most out of trip, whether on business, or pleasure. Culture Smart! provides rare insights, and practical guidance, into cultures. The values, behaviour and customs of peoples have been formed over centuries which is why the unique information in Culture Smart! guides do not date in the same way as ordinary travel guides. Culture Smart! enables you to step into a world untouched by other guidebooks.

About this title

About the Author

JANE KOUTNIK is a teacher, translator, writer, and craft jeweler who has lived in Costa Rica for nearly thirty years. After graduating in Philosophy and English from the University of California at San Diego, she traveled to Costa Rica, fell in love with the country, and decided to call it home. Over the years she has worked for mutual English—Spanish understanding in her local rural community, and has contributed to several guidebooks and tourist magazines. Her passion for the environment has led to intensive time and energy dedicated to conservation, working with the government, the local community, and environmental groups.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kuperard
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857333241
• ISBN 13: 9781857333244
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168