http://www.expatify.com Expat Blogs & Community Magazine Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/the-museums-of-san-jose-costa-rica.html http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/the-museums-of-san-jose-costa-rica.html#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 01:24:03 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=6891 Costa Rican National Museum This museum is situated in the old Bellavista Fortress. It offers visitors insight into Costa Rican history, throughout many different periods of time. This institute contains a great deal of pre-Columbian artifacts, such as materials dating back 12,000 years ago to the time of hunter-collectors. They also have a showcase of historical [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/the-museums-of-san-jose-costa-rica.html/feed 1 http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/navigating-the-beaches-of-costa-rica.html http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/navigating-the-beaches-of-costa-rica.html#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:57 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=6272 Nicoya Peninsula The Nicoya Peninsula is the longest peninsula in the country of Costa Rica, and is thereby a region full of beautiful beaches. One is Montezuma Beach, which is in the south of the peninsula, and has a scene of young people, backpackers, expats, artists and surfers. The most popular beach on this peninsula is [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/navigating-the-beaches-of-costa-rica.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/exploring-the-cities-of-costa-rica.html http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/exploring-the-cities-of-costa-rica.html#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:25:47 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=6118 San Jose San Jose is Costa Rica’s capital and largest city. It has about 365,000 inhabitants, as well as an extensive metropolitan area where most of the country’s citizens reside. San Jose is located in the middle of the country, in the Central Valley. Though it is situated in a tropical rain forest area, it does [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/exploring-the-cities-of-costa-rica.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/navigating-the-rivers-and-lakes-of-costa-rica.html http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/navigating-the-rivers-and-lakes-of-costa-rica.html#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 00:27:49 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=5226 Lake Arenal Lake Arenal is the largest lake of Costa Rica, and it is situated under the Volcano Arenal, and surrounded by rolling hills of farmland and forests. When Volcano Arenal erupted in 1968, it increased Lake Arenal to be three times its previous size. Its water is used to power a hydroelectric project that fuels [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/navigating-the-rivers-and-lakes-of-costa-rica.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/exploring-the-volcanoes-of-costa-rica.html http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/exploring-the-volcanoes-of-costa-rica.html#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:46:52 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=4993 The country of Costa Rica has a total of 112 volcanoes, which are all part of the Pacific Rim of Fire. Of these 112, only 7 are considered active. The eruptions from the volcanoes have contributed to the very fertile soil around the country. However, when these natural disasters do happen, they can be quite destructive [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/exploring-the-volcanoes-of-costa-rica.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/the-wildlife-of-costa-rica.html http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/the-wildlife-of-costa-rica.html#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:08:37 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=4162 Many people think of Costa Rica as an ideal place to relocate, one of the reasons being the natural surroundings and diversity of native species. Though it is a small country, its biodiversity is actually greater than that of all of Europe or North America. One of the reasons is that it is situated between North [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/the-wildlife-of-costa-rica.html/feed 1 http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/costa-rica-retirement-video-review.html http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/costa-rica-retirement-video-review.html#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:24:56 +0000 Tanya http://www.expatify.com/?p=2350 http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/costa-rica-retirement-video-review.html/feed 3 http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/happy-planet-index-rates-costa-rica-as-happiest-greenest-nation.html http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/happy-planet-index-rates-costa-rica-as-happiest-greenest-nation.html#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:31:51 +0000 Bryan http://www.expatify.com/?p=1058 The Happy Planet Index ranks 143 nations of the world annually based upon a combination of environmental policy and overall human well being. This year, Costa Rica topped the chart. The goal of the ratings is to measure what the Index calls overall “environmental efficiency”, and it is the most comprehensive such listing which takes into [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/costa-rica/happy-planet-index-rates-costa-rica-as-happiest-greenest-nation.html/feed 1