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Guidebook: Checking Out Life in Costa Rica's Clouds
Special To The TimesGetting there: From LAX, direct service to San José is available on LACSA and TACA. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $627. From San José there are two routes to Monteverde. The traditional "direct" route on the legendary dirt road approaches from the...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Forestry and Timber, Hotels and Accommodations, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Costa Rica: a Walk in the Clouds
Special To The TimesPart of the thrill of coming to Monteverde, the site of this country's oldest and best-known nature reserve, is seeing the glorious views of the Gulf of Nicoya and the quick succession of ecosystems you encounter on the rough and rocky road that leads...Tags: International Military Interventions, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Science and Technology, Entertainment, Forestry and Timber
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Birds versus buzz saws in jungle joust
Times Staff WriterPanama's legendary Darien jungle has defeated the Pan-American Highway and numerous attempts to tame its pristine wilds. But, as loggers and settlers close in, one of the world's richest wildlife habitats is headed for the buzz saw, reports a DEET-...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Panama City (Panama), Forestry and Timber, Vehicles, Nature
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The jungle at their fingertips
Ivan and Bobbie Finkle of Los Angeles were rafting down Costa Rica's Peñas Blancas River in March when their guide veered toward land and ran ashore into a forest.
"Seconds later he emerged holding the smallest frog I've ever seen," says Ivan, who took... -
Foreign government tour offices
For tourist information on select foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the country's U.N. mission or delegation. Anguilla: Anguilla Tourist...Tags: Singapore, Peru, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Slovenia
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Foreign Government Tourist Offices
Here is a list of selected government tourist offices. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234; dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. delegation. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD The...Tags: Singapore, Peru, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Slovenia
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Costa Rica, Guatemala move closer to joining Pacific Alliance bloc
The Miami HeraldBOGOTA, Colombia The four nations of the Pacific Alliance may be getting some company as they aim to turn the fledgling bloc into a regional powerhouse and boost trade with Asia. On Thursday, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to...Tags: Peru, Paraguay, The Miami Herald, Dominican Republic, Spain
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Summer options for students include STEM camps, college stay
Middletown Journal, OhioA new series of summer camps for junior high and high school students in Butler County will allow students the chance to design aquatic robots and build their own electric guitars through a focus on STEM curriculum -- science, technology, engineering...Tags: Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Middletown
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Chattanooga-based call center, SupportSeven, plans expansion
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.SupportSeven, a Chattanooga-based call center founded by payday loan millionaire Carey V. Brown, says it has expanded its Brainerd Road location. "Recently, we have seen strong commercial growth within the area, including SupportSeven's renovation,"... -
Ariz. law banning employers from hiring illegal immigrants dings workers more than businesses
Associated PressPHOENIX (AP) — The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S....Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Illegal Immigrants, Social Security, Criminal Laws
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Camps stepping up community service, teens signing up for pay-it-forward travel programs
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — At 14, Tyler Cohen had never been out of the country or traveled without his Long Island family when he found himself in Costa Rica on a monthlong service trip for teens. There, he worked on a coffee plantation, made signs for a...Tags: Medical Research, Marketing, Education, Long Term Care, Long Island
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