Coffee, Coffee, Coffee Costa Rica Grows Great Coffee

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Coffee prompts social activity,  stimulates friendships and conversation, and should never be enjoyed alone.  You should always share it with someone.

So if you are traveling to Costa Rica take every opportunity to have a great cup of Costa Rican coffee.

Coffee is the "gold" of Costa Rica.  It made many Costa Rican families wealthy and created an elite class whose children are educated in North America and in Europe.

If you visit the central valley around San Jose, Alajuela, Grecia, and the surroundings you will see the green coffee trees with their red berries of coffee which are picked by hand  from November through January.   The picking is done mostly by Nicaraguans who live on the plantations.

Learn more about interesting  coffee tours at www.coffeetour.com

Also at www.dokaestates.com

Did You Know Quespos has a Marina Now?

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Yes, Quepos, Costa Rica has a marina now.  Being one of the most popular  sport fishing destinations in Costa Rica, this is very good news!  The marina comprises  forty acres and 97 docking slips and is  located just north of the old United Fruit Company pier in downtown Quepos.  It is privately owned and built by Harold Lovelady who came to Quepos eleven years ago to retire after a career in telecommunications in Texas.   Boats from Russia, Brazil, USA,  South Africa, and other countries in Europe have have floated into Pez Vela, the name given to the dock.  They come to fill their tanks with fuel and also to spend a few days in the beautiful tropical paradise with is sandy white beaches and Pacific blue waters.  Lovelady states that some of the boats hold thousands of gallons of fuel.   For example a yacht could hold 10,000 to 50,000 gallons of diesel fuel.   Jobs have been created for the locals to work on the  docks as well as hope for increased tourism to Manuel Antonio National Park and the surrounding area.

Quepos is famous worldwide for it's great sport fishing.   Many different kinds of fish can be caught,  from  sailfish, which are catch and release, to  large tuna, ,marlin,  dorado, snapper, and snook.   And the fishing is good year round.

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Ostional Wildlife Refuge Costa Rica Off the Beaten Path for Tourist

Want to sea marine turtles lay their eggs  in the sandy beach?  Then travel to Costa Rica and witness the Oliver Ridley sea turtle lay its eggs at Ostional beach on the Pacific side of Costa Rica and visit  the Ostional Wildlife Refuge  created to protect one of the world's most important nesting sites for the marine turtle , the Olive Ridley,  or Lora as it is called in Costa Rica.  This wildlife refuge  is  definitely off the beaten path for tourist but very much worth while to make the trip.   A 4x4 vehicle is recommended due to the rugged road system in the area.

Best time of the year to witness this is August through December when the rainy season is heaviest in that region.   The Arribada occurs at the start of the last quarter moon during the months of August through December.  One could notice hundreds of turtles gathering close to shore several days before they begin to rush upon the sandy shores to lay their eggs.  They come out of the water all at once,  onto the sandy beach,  sometimes running over one another.  They begin in the very late afternoon and  continue coming  all night, until day light.  "Quite a sight to see"!  There they dig into the sand and lay their eggs.

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Where is Ostional Wildlife Refuge located and how do I get there?   It is located on the Pacific side of Costa Rica. See map.  It can be reached by 4x4 vehicle from Nosara or from San Juanillo.   This is the province of Guanacaste, in the northwestern pacific coast of Costa Rica.   Drive from Liberia International airport in northern Costa Rica  around 1 hour and a half.  Drive from San Jose around four hours.

However in a very very heavy rainfall, the beach area may not be accessible.

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