Wallace Stegner, an American novelist and environmentalist, rightly said, “National parks are the best idea we ever had.” I recently watched a documentary named ‘Our Great National Parks’. I was very ...

Did you know? Costa Rica has more than half a million acres of land designated as protected areas, including 30 national parks, 19 reserves, and 58 wildlife refuges. That’s more than 25% of the ...

Costa Rica may only be around a third of the size of England and Wales combined, but it has more than double the number of national parks. From small coastal reserves to sprawling mountain rainforests ...

Gallo pinto was my first taste of Costa Rica, a local breakfast dish of white rice and black beans which creates a speckled effect and where the etymology of the name derives – gallo pinto meaning ...