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By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_08/080410.htm#story1The eighth edition of ExpoCasa, the Costa Rican national housing exposition, kicks off Wednesday afternoon at the Centro de Eventos Pedregal in San Antonio de Belén, in Heredia, northwest of San ...

http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_08/080210.htm#story4By Chrissie Long Tico Times Staff | clong@ticotimes.netEven as the Chinese are putting the finishing touches on world class soccer stadium in San José's La Sabana metropolitan park – a gift to the Central American country – Costa Rica is ...

During my last trip to Costa Rica the new highway from San Jose/Alajuela to the Pacific Ocean opened. After almost 40 years of planning, protests by environmentalists and delays, the new highway opened. Having driven both the old road and the new road - the new road is as nice as any highway you would find in the United States. The 80 Km (48 ...

Source: www.insidecostarica.com KLM Royal Dutch airlines, in partnership with COPA airlines, is offering flights from the Juan Santamaría (San José) international airport to European destination with a stop in Panama and Schiphol, Amsterdam. The airline will be providing five flights a week: Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays ...

Source: www.insidecostarica.com American Airlines is expanding its coverage in Costa Rica with an additional flight between New York's JFK International airport and San José's Juan Santamaría International airport beginning on April 6th, the airline announced. The San José flights will be available five days a week, ...

I mis-placed my notes for a month, but found them over the weekend. Below is the length of time it took me to drive from San Isidro del General to Jaco. I drove this on November 18, 2009 (and again in December). Leave San Isidro del General (Kafe de la Casa): 7:11 am 7:50 am: Arrive in Dominical (34 km driven) 8:23 am: Drive by Quepos airport ...

Source: InsideCostaRica The Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber in Liberia will be in private hands for the next 20 years following the approval by the Contraloría General de la República (Comptroller's office) to give Consorcio Coriport the airport concession. Guillermo Matamoros, viceministro de Concesiones for the ...

Costa Rica's tourism is down over 12% this year, however, it is not due to decreasing tourists from Europe. In fact, more tourists from Europe have visited Costa Rica this year than last year, and ICT (Costa Rica's Institute of Tourism) is projecting that the number of European visitors will be up over 10% compared to 2008. Most of the ...

From InsideCostaRica & LaNacion Click for some photos of the progress of the road to/from Quepos/Dominical, Costa Rica.  After 47 years of planning the Costanera Sur will be ready by December 2009 according to the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) declared last week. The Costanera Sur connects the communities ...

By Zach Pontz CNN (Original Here) (CNN) — If you consider new experiences and foreign cultures an investment, Costa Rica might be a better option than the stock market right now. Flights are reasonable — I paid roughly $370 from Atlanta, Georgia, on short notice — and if you’re smart, so are meals. Sodas, small roadside ...