costaricalearn.com blog: May 2014

Friday, May 23, 2014

Costa Rica Learn

Denise Simms WRites about Xinia’s Costa Rica Vacation Homestay

Posted: 22 May 2014 01:50 PM PDT

Denise said, “I learned of Xinia’s Costa Rica Vacation Homestay thru a friend Ann Cabezas Creed. It was perfect for me because I was traveling alone to Costa Rica for Dental Work.

Xinia (fluent in English) provided a lovely place for me to stay-I had my own private room with private bath for $35 per day and it came with a tropical breakfast of delicious Costa Rican coffee and fresh tropical fruits and fresh breads and tortillas. Xinia drove me to my dental appointments and stayed with me. Which made me much less apprehensive about getting the dental work.

My dental work which was a superb job cost me approx one third of the quote I got in Florida. I had fillings, crowns, a root canal, and a partial bridge–all of which I am very very happy with. I highly recommend coming to Costa for dental work. Upon request I will be happy to provide the name of my dentist and her phone number.

The second week an old friend of mine joined me and we enjoyed Costa Rica. We went exploring to Arenal. Xinia drove drove us there in her comfortable van. We stayed at the Volcano Lodge for 2 nights and did the exciting zip line and hanging bridges walk. Later we went to Paradise Hot Springs and bask in the wonderful hot mineral waters. All of this was set up for us by Ann, The Costa Rica Expert www.costaricalearn.com “Vacation Planning to Costa Rica” and we were extremely pleased with her services. We recommend her to help you plan your Costa Rica vacation because she sure saved us a lot of time figuring out where to stay in Arenal and setting up our adventure tours while we were there.

Being there for 14 days I could practically write a book about all the fun things I did and how staying with an authentic Costa Rica Family was a unique experience.!

I left feeling completely satisfied and Xinia and her lovely family are now in my heart forever. .

You may stay at Xinia’s Costa Rica Vacation Homestay by contacting anncreed23@gmail.com for reservations

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Xinia, Rolando, and Denise

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Xinia's Costa Rica Vacation Homestay- Dental Work and Costa Rica Vacation at Same Time

Xinia's Costa Rica Vacation Homestay is now taking persons who want to come to Costa Rica for dental work which is much much cheaper than in the US. For example Denise (from Florida) who is presently staying with Xinia got 2 root canals at a cost of $250 each. She uses a reputable dentist in Santa Ana. I will provide you with the dentist name if you request it. Along with references.

Xinia provides room and board and transportation to and from the dental office. Room is $35 per day per person for private room with private bath. This price includes a Costa Rica Tropical Breakfast. Xinia will transport you to the dentist office for a reasonable fee and wait for you while the work is done. She stops at the grocery while you to pick up special items you may want to eat after the dental work is done. She also will drive you to fun filled adventure excursion for a reasonable fee. For example to the Poas Volcano National Park and La Paz Waterfall Garden--all within thirty minutes of her home. Also Doka Four Generations Coffee Tour is 10 minutes from Xinia's house .

Also she can arrange for your excursion to Arenal Volcano area--most popular adventure tour destination in Costa Rica- (at prices better than any other tour agency!)

Or to the beaches if you like, either the NW Guanacaste Beaches or Manuel Antonio.

Also if you want to visit the Caribbean (Tortuguero Canals) Xinia can arrange that also (best prices!)

Xinia's Costa Rica Vacation Homestay is conveniently located 6 miles north of Alajuela on the road to the Poas Volcano. This is "coffee country". The climate is perfect--around 72 F year round. No heating or air conditioning needed. The hillsides are green with beautiful coffee trees--white in the spring with sweet smelling blooms and red in November and December with the ripened coffee beans which are hand picked December through February.

The San Jose International airport is only 12 minutes from Xinia's house and she will pick you up at the airport.

What better thing to do? Get a Costa Rica Vacation and dental work at same time.   With the personal touch and hospitality which Xinia offers. And you save A Lot of money on the dental work !

Costa Rica has its own dental school and the graduates are well trained.

So what are you waiting for ...Come visit Costa Rica and have GREAT TEETH when you leave and You will be be taken care of each step of the way. No hassles-no worries.

To read all about Xinia go to www.costaricalearn.com and click on Xinia's Costa Rica Vacation Homestay.

To make arrangements email Ann and Xinia at   anncreed23@gmail.com

And we look forward to hearing from you very soon!

Warm Regards,   Xinia and Ann

Friday, May 2, 2014

Crocodiles are in Costa Rica's Rivers

Crocodiles are in Costa Rica's Rivers so beware before you dive in! Yes, just like the one you see in this photo! And they will eat a person alive if given the opportunity.

The Tarcoles River, one of the largest rivers in Costa Rica is full of crocodiles. This river is on the road to Manuel Antonio not far past Jaco. Tourist stop by the dozens to photograph these huge crocodiles. Yesterday a man actually dived into the Tarcoles river and was sadly eaten by a very large crocodile! I read in the newspaper today that his head was found floating down the river.

Many tourist want to do white water rafting while visiting Costa Rica. The rivers with large swift rapids do not seem to have crocodiles. Maybe it is the rapids that they dislike.

The Rio Frio located in the northern zone is full of crocodiles. Tourist go on the "Cano Negro Wildlife Reserve" Tour and is navigated by a tour guide in a covered boat. They see Lots of crocodiles lazily basking on the sand bars along the river banks.

How can you tell a male crocodile from a female crocodile? It is very difficult. Their embryo do not have sex chromosomes . Sex is determined by the temperature during incubation of the eggs. 86F produces females and 90F produces males.

Crocodiles are very vocal. They hiss, bellow, and chirp. And they love hot weather and do not survive in cold weather. Crocodiles are a tropical species of reptiles, laying in the sun for hours drawing heat from the sun into their body thru their skin.

If you would like to view these curious creatures in Costa Rica, contact Ann, "The Costa Rica Expert" to help plan your vacation.

Read all about Ann www.costaricalearn.com

Thanks to Carlos de la Rosa/Ecological society of America for the impressive photo of the butterfly and the bee resting on the nose of the crocodile.

Costa Rica is know for it's beautiful wild and and natural rivers. The Pacuare is famous for river rafting. And the Savegre, near Manuel Antonio offers thrills to hundreds of tourist enjoying rafting down it's wild wild rapids.

If you drive around Costa Rica you will see many many rivers winding down the mountains. Costa Rica definitely does not have a shortage of water.