Their Intelligence Rivals That of Monkeys By Jack Ewing Although I have lived at Hacienda Barú since 1972, I had never seen a peccary in the wild until 1997. Volunteers had come here, stayed a week or two, helped on environmental projects, and during that short time many of them had
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¡Happy New Year! ¡Happy New 70 Verbs! ¡Happy New Flashcards! Parte II ¡Hola amigos! How did you feel filling the previous seven verbs: AMAR, AYUDAR, APRENDER, ABRIR, BEBER, CAMINAR, CERRAR. Good luck with the next seven: COCINAR, COMENZAR, COMER, CONDUCIR, CONOCER, COMPRAR, DAR. I chose those 70 verbs based on
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Unfortunately there’s no way yet to create indestructible furniture and homes. However, there are steps we can take that will help them stand up to life with kids, pets & the jungle. By Shelagh Duncan My guess is that none of us came here to live a high maintenance lifestyle
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Happy Valentine’s Day to all our Quepolandia readers! While we humans are celebrating the month of love, you may be surprised to know that the Titi or squirrel monkeys celebrate Valentines around the month of August! And so, February actually marks the first month of the birth season, which lasts
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By Lane Undjhem Envision Festival is a conscious festival dedicated to awakening human potential and re-establishing our fundamental connection with nature. Taking place February 23rd-26th 2017 in beautiful Uvita, Envision has grown to become one of the most progressive festivals in Latin America. In its seventh year, Envision continues to
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High season is well upon us and everyone reading this deserves to give themselves the gift of love. The best love I can think of is treating yourself to a session of bodywork. Even now, in this day and age, I meet people who have never had a massage, who
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By Spokeskid Lexi, 12 Years Old Hello again! It’s me, your faithful writer Lexi, here with another article. I have great news! My new school schedule this year leaves room for helping the environment even more! Starting this month, I will begin to give tours at the KSTR sanctuary, and
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SUMMER IS BACK AND MARINA PEZ VELA IS THE PLACE TO BE!!! February is one of our busiest months so go ahead and start marking your calendars to share in some of these great events. QUEPOS BILLFISH CUP: February 2-4, 2017 The Quepos Billfish Cup or (QBC as we call it)
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Bienvenidos. Welcome to Quepolandia, we are here to make sure you have an unforgettable trip. So get out and enjoy being away from those freeeezing temperatures. Whether hiking a national parks or sitting on our wonderful beaches don’t forget to hydrate ( NOT cervezas) and sunblock, sunblock, sunblock… A lot
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By Sam Trull, Co-Founder/Sloth Director at The Sloth Institute Costa Rica It’s that time of the year when we experience the height of tourist season who come from all over the world visit Costa Rica for it’s amazing scenery (beaches, volcanoes, cloud forests) and for it’s amazing wildlife. The variety
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39 Years as a Rural Letter Carrier By Jack Ewing Marvin and Carmen Espinosa were the first pioneers to settle the area around Hatillo. Originally from northern Panama they came to the area in the late 1920s. Working together they took possession of all of the land between Hacienda Barú
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By Desiree Brassert The cuisine of my mother’s country will never cease to amaze me with it’s unlikely marriage of clean-and-crisp with depth AND simplicity– a culinary menage-a-quatre! LOL! This recipe is very easy, all you need is to concentrate on the timing since it is best served immediately. 4
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I finished work, had a short smoke, and went straight to the beach. It was late afternoon, the tide was out, the rain had stopped, the waves were steady, but not of the monstrous tourist-killing variety. I am an avid body surfer, or as I like to joke with my
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