Costa Rica is a little country in Central America, nestled between Nicaragua to the North and Panama to South. It isn't little in terms of tourism, however; it receives more tourists than any other Central American country and, indeed, makes more money from tourism than any other industry. This has allowed Costa Rica to have invented the idea of ecotourism, since borrowed by many other countries with particular value in terms of natural wealth. And when there, the locals appear to really be happy to provide their service and friendliness with the tourists who come and go. And it makes sense; they are well-paid for their efforts and, let's face it, they get to live and work in an unusually beautiful sliver of Earth.

I would also like to mention that Costa Rica is considered to have the most stable government in Central America, and that its indigenous people were neither enslaved nor exploited by the Europeans who invaded the place. That's because the three tribes that inhabited what is now Costa Rica, lived up in the mountains near Panama, and nowhere near the coasts, which were the Spaniards' primary interest. In the present day, the tribes keep more or less to themselves, but do take part in the national economy by making and harvesting things that are unique to their locations.

Puntarenas Province with Jenny, Zach and the Littles

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Let's all go to Costa Rica!
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A few weeks ago, my daughter, Jenny, told me she was going to spend 10 days in Costa Rica and I was welcome to tag along. She was even going to put my dogs, Ella and Lilly, into a "pet resort" here so I wouldn't have to worry about them.