Explore Costa Rica - Softcover

Pariser, Harry S.

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1893643506 ISBN 13: 9781893643505

Publisher: Manatee Press, 2000

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Travel with award-winning author Harry S, Pariser around Costa Rica and experience its wonders. Dive and snorkel off the coast of the remote Osa Peninsula. Experience the Caribbean coast and the Nicoya Peninsula and remote lodges in the heart of the rainforest. Dine everywhere from gourmet restaurants to local sodas. Ascend by rope and pulley into the rainforest canopy, explore caves, surf, kayak, canoe, bungee jump, mountain bike, trek, or just lay back on a beach, relax, and watch the monkeys at play. Internal air flights, bus travel, ferry schedules, what to do, what to avoid. Studying Spanish, volunteer programmes, and sustainable tourism. Maps, photographs, web sites, useful tips. Humourous, informative, educational, detailed. There is no other guide quite like it!

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From the Publisher:

We are proud to publish Explore Costa Rica.
Explore Costa Rica includes:

528 information-packed pages

Maps and numerous color and black and white photos

All ranges and types of accommodation including nature lodges

Whitewater rafting, surfing, horseback riding, snorkeling, and scuba

Birdwatching, hiking, whale watching, canopy climbing, and ballooning

Complete background information

Volunteer opportunities, language schools, environmental organizations

Car rental, buses, plane travel, and ferries

Thousands of web sites, e-mails, phone numbers, and fax numbers

Explore Costa Rica is the most useful and current guide to the nation on the market.

From the Author:

Practical, detailed, fun to read...
My book has loads of tips, charts, maps, photos, and web sites and e-mail addresses. I have a good sense of humor, and it shows. Here are some Q&A with me about Costa Rica:

Why is Costa Rica so appealing to travelers?

For many reasons. Costa Rica has a good infrastructure relative to its neighbors. It is peaceful, friendly and environmentally concerned, and has relatively high standards of living, literacy, education, hygiene, and safety. One may visit both coasts in the course of a single day, and Costa Rica offers virtually every type of activity you can imagine: kayaking, hiking, windsurfing, surfing, rock climbing, mountain climbing, horseback riding, ballooning, and more!

What are the most distinctive things about Costa Rica?

Costa Rica is compact and relatively easy to get around in. It maintains extensive tracts of rainforest, a number of cloud forests, tropical dry forests, and spectacular volcanoes; beaches line both coasts. Legendary for its biological diversity, it is easy to spot monkeys, toucans, coatis, and other creatures. Costa Rica is also unique in having hundreds of nature lodges and bed-and-breakfast inns. Many of these are quite amazing places to stay at: each have distinct character and personable proprietors. Some own private nature preserves with trails. All are covered in my book.

What makes your guide distinct from other travel guides to Costa Rica?

Mine is more personal than most. Included are many useful tips, readings, reader recommendations, and special places. I provide extensive information on wildlife, rainforests, history, and environmental problems and positives. It is hand-tailored for visitors who travel to learn and grow. Included are 30 color photos, 60 black-and-white photos, 36 maps, and thousands of fax numbers, web sites, and e-mail addresses. ... so your copy will never be out of date, and Palm Pilot and other electronic versions are scheduled.

Who should read your guide?

Anyone planning to visit. It is helpful for every visitor -- students, surfers, divers, parents with children, birdwatchers, and hikers.

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