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Yoga retreats, meditation retreats, eco-tourism, naturopathy, green friendly lodging and many other new age terms, dot the landscape in this small Central American country. Why? What a more perfect setting than in one of the the world's most natural locations.
For years people have been coming to Costa Rica to open up some kind of 'new age' business however these days, there has been a considerable increase in the amount of interest via the World Wide Web.
It is almost impossible, like it is here on location in Costa Rica, to not surf around the web and come across something with regards to Costa Rica. It's quite amazing actually. And with more and more 'hollywood-ites' referencing the country as their preferred getaway location, interest in Costa Rica has never been higher.
There are many reasons we could list for why people are flocking to this country but we're just going to be able to name a few for the purpose and scope of this article.
Recently elected President Laura Chinchilla of Costa Rica, has promised to continue her predecessors policies with respect to the environment and minimizing the carbon footprint Costa Rica places on the planet. For the most part, Costa Rica is chalk full of dense rainforest jungles, active volcanoes and many fantastic waterfalls. Which is why it is often referred to as the Lungs of the Earth.
Costa Rica's dedication to preserving and promoting the well being of the planet, has become infectious as people from all corners of the globe look to invest, and live, in this majestic country.
With a stable democratic government in place and absence of any military, Costa Rica's image is that of peace.
Life in Costa Rica can be very affordable and while living the 'pura vida' lifestyle Costa Rica is accustom to, one can also rest assured their saves will last far longer than it would back home. This can alleviate a tremendous amount of your daily stress also. Imagine living your life first and work second? What a change.
Do not make the mistake of believing Costa Rica is like any other Latin American country because you would not be accurate in that statement.
Costa Rica is uniquely Costa Rica and the only way to truly understand this, is to visit us and decide for yourself.
San José - Caldera Highway To Be Open Costa Rica, Sunday 17January 2010
San José - Caldera Highway To Be Opened On Jan 27, 2010, Two Months Early
The new autopista a Caldera will be inaugurated on January 27th, one week before the national elections, Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, announced in Puntarenas on Saturday.
"For the first time I made it here (Puntarenas) in 50 minutes by way of the new highway", Arias told a crowd during a tour of the Pacific port town.
The section between Santa Ana and Orotina of the new San José - Caldera highway that is not yet open to the public, had been scheduled to be open in March, pushed up from the original June opening date when construction commenced two years ago.
However, advances in the work enable it open early.
President Arias called the new highway a "gift to Puntarenses", saying that Costa Rica has waited almost 40 years for this highway to become a reality, for the port city to have easy and fast access to San José and vice-versa.
The new road allows travel between La Sabana on the west side of San José to Caldera, south of Puntarenas, in less than 45 minutes. Currently it takes between 90 and 120 minutes to make the same trip.
The savings in time is because the highway cuts through the mountains, eliminating the steep climbs and drops on the current routes, as well the slowdown in traffic caused by big trucks and buses.
The sections between San José and Santa Ana and Orotina and Caldera have been open since last year, remaining was the middle portion.
The cost of tolls to travel the 77 kilometres of the new highway, from end to end, is about ¢1.500 colones each way for passenger vehicles and motorcycles, more for heavy trucks and buses.
Sunday 13 December 2009
Costanera Sur Almost Complete
Travelling from Quepos to Dominical in record time has been
a dream for many for decades. However, that dream is almost
a reality as work on the Costanera Sur is almost complete.
Only three kilometres of construction are left on an
important road that connects the Pacific Central with the
Pacific South.
Last week, Marco Vargas, ministro de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT), visited the area to inspect the 8 major
and 20 minor bridges along the route and along with Alfredo
Villalobos, general manager of Transportes Unidos La
Costanera, the company building the road, said that the
completion will end a nightmare of many, many years.
Travelling from Quepos to Dominical or vice-versa took some
two hours or more, depending on weather conditions.
most of time spent at one lane bridges or dodging potholes.
The new road, that took 30 years to build, will soon cut
that time to a fraction.
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, always maintained that
the Costanera Sur be build during his administration.
However, neither he nor the area residents had envisioned
that it would occur, 20 years later, during his second term
as president.
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1, 2009
TWO
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Costa
Rica tops list of 'happiest' nations
(CNN) -- Forget Disneyland! Costa Rica is the happiest place in the world, according to an independent research group in Britain with the goal of building a new economy, "centered on people and the environment."
Costa Rica is known for its lush rain forests and pristine beaches.
In a report released Saturday, the group ranks nations using the "Happy Planet Index," which seeks countries with the most content people.
In addition to happiness, the index by the New Economics Foundation considers the ecological footprint and life expectancy of countries.
"Costa Ricans report the highest life satisfaction in the world and have the second-highest average life expectancy of the new world (second to Canada)," the organization said in a statement.
They "also have an ecological footprint that means that the country only narrowly fails to achieve the goal of ... consuming its fair share of the Earth's natural resources."
The Central American country, tucked between Nicaragua and Panama, touts its lush rain forests and pristine beaches. Its president, Oscar Arias Sanchez, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for trying to help end civil wars in several Central American countries.
This year's survey, which looked at 143 countries, featured Latin American nations in nine of the Top 10 spots.
The runner-up was the Dominican Republic, followed by Jamaica, Guatemala and Vietnam.
Most developed nations lagged in the study.
While Britain ranked 74th, the United States snagged the 114th spot, because of its hefty consumption and massive ecological footprint.
The United States was greener and happier 20 years ago than it is today, the report said.
Other populous nations, such as China and India, had a lower index brought on by their vigorous pursuit of growth-based models, the survey suggested.
"As the world faces the triple crunch of deep financial crisis, accelerating climate change and the looming peak in oil production, we desperately need a new compass to guide us," said Nic Marks, founder of the foundation's center for well-being.
Marks urged nations to make a collective global change before "our high-consuming lifestyles plunge us into the chaos of irreversible climate change."
The report, which was first conducted in 2006, covers 99 percent of the world population, the statement said.
Costanera Sur To Be Complete By December After 47 Years of Planning
Monday Aug 17, 2009
It's only been 47 years in the making, but finally the Costanera Sur will be ready by December the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) promises.
The Costanera Sur connects the communities Central Pacific communities to the Southern Zone and once completely finished will save drivers up to two hours, the time it takes now to make the 42 kilometre trip between Quepos and Dominical.
The Costanera Sur also eliminates the need to cross the Cerro de la Muerte to get to Pérez Zeledón, offering an alternative from Puntarenas and Guanacaste without having to pass through San José.
At this time only 20 of the 42 kilometres have been paved with the first lawyer of asphalt, with the work continuing daily.
In addition work continues on the important bridges from Parrita to Dominical. In the coming weeks it is expected that the contractor will begin pouring the concrete slab of the new Parrita bridge, which once completed, will be a two lane wide bridge that will eliminate traffic congestion, that at peak hours can add an hour or more to the trip, replacing the current one lane bridge that saw its better days decades ago.
The Costanera Sur is a project that began as an idea back in 1942 by the Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE). However, the recommendation to begin construction of the project did not occur until 1962. In 1979 the administration of Rodrigo Carazo received financing for the project, however, the money was all spent on appeals and "improper" payments.
In 1982 the government of Luis Alberto Monge signs a contract with the Spanish constructor, Agroman and the building of the Costanera is on its way. However, in 1987 the Contraloría (Comptroller's office) found irregularities with the contract whose cost went from ¢445 million colones to ¢1.8 billion, of that time, creating a scandal of proportions which forced the then ministro de Transportes, Guillermo Constenla, to rescind the Agroman contract.
In 1997 the Belén construction company was awarded the contract for part of the project, but bad weather and lack of financing setback the project.
In 2004 the cost of each kilometre of road for the remaining 42 kilometres that connects Quepos to Dominical was estimated to cost us$1 million dollars and as such the project comes to a complete halt.
It wasn't until earlier this year (2009) that the MOPT gave the order to complete the highway that included widening eight of the bridges, all financed by the BCIE.
Once complete, the 222 kilometre road runs from Barranca de Puntarenas to Palmar Sur in the Osa Peninsula, providing a direct route to Panama without having to go through San José.
First section of asphalt going down on the Costanera
Sur
By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
June 28,2009
Asphalt
work has started on a section of the Costanera Sur., the
vital Pacific coast highway that has been promised for
three decades.
President Óscar Arias Sánchez was in the area over the
weekend and gave the symbolic go ahead to the final stage
of the highway.
He also inaugurated a new bridge over the Río Naranjo
between Savegre and Quepos. This is the fourth new bridge
installed on this route.
A finished Costanera Sur is expected to give a boost to
tourism, development and transportation. The bulk of the
heavy traffic now takes the Interamericana highway that
winds through San José and Cartago and then over Cerro de
la Muerte. The Costanera allows motor transport
straight down the coastal highway.
The highway has been gravel for years and a source of local
air pollution as well as periodic washouts.
The highway jobs are valued at $33.6 million. Three
contractors are at work on different sections of the
42-kilometer (26-miles) road. It runs from Dominical to
just south of Quepos.
Officials hope the work is finished in October, weather
Casa Presidencial photo
Óscar Arias gets to drive a steamroller on Costanera
Sur
permitting. The area is notorious for heavy flooding, and
more than one local bridge is destroyed each year.
The Río Naranjo bridge is costing $2.8 million, and it is
198 meters (about 650 feet). The concrete beams are 56
meters (184 feet), the longest of any bridge in Central
America. The other three bridges span the rios Paquita,
Portalón and Matapalo. Three more bridges are in
construction.
SATURDAY, JULY
21, 2007
Costa
Rica's Southern Zone To Have Airport by
2010
SATURDAY,
JULY 21, 2007
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The south will have an airport by 2010
In first stage the airport will accommodate airplanes for 50 passengers
The organization "Judesur" will invest ¢600 million ($1,153,000.00 +-) in technical studies of the project
The Government promised that the first stage of the airport of the Southern zone will be constructed and working no later than 2010.
Yesterday, after a year of delay, the necessary funds were allocated from the organization Junta de Desarrollo for the southern zone (Judesur), for the technical studies of the project.
Viviana Martín, president of the Council Técnico de Aviación Civil (CTAC) and Mainor Rodríguez, of Judesur signed the agreement on Saturday agreement of cooperation in an official act in Palmar Sur, Osa.
In the first stage, the airport will feature a terminal building and a runway for airplanes of 50 passengers or less.
According to Viviana Martín, president of the Council Técnico de Aviación Civil (CTAC), the money will be invested in the geological, archeological and hidrological evaluations that are required before constructing an airfield. Additionally , the money will be used to draw up the master plan of the airport, in which the various necessities of the project will be defined: how many boarding ports, length and width of the landing strip, and for the passenger area.
The CTAC can count on the support of the Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI), who will select the ones to do the technical studies. This phase take about six months.
Caldera highway gets construction go ahead at last By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Transport officials have given the much-awaited go ahead for the $230 million San José-Caldera highway. This means that Autopistas del Sol S.A., the concession holder for the project, has 30 months to complete the highway. The 77-km (48-mile) highway will decrease dramatically the travel time from the Central Valley to the Pacific coast. The first stage of the job is the reconstruction of the existing highway from Parque La Sabana to Ciudad Colón. Much of the highway already is multi-lane. The big job is a 39-km (24-mile) section from Ciudad Colón to Orotina. That highway is only graded roughly now, although bridges are in place. The third and final step is improvements of the highway from the Orotina interchange to the Puerto de Caldera at Puntarenas. Autopistas del Sol will have the right to collect tolls for 25 years to offset the investment. The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes said that employees worked during the holidays to make sure all the requirements were in place for the start of construction. Autopistas finally got all its financial commitments in order four days before Christmas, and a company official asked to be allowed to start work a week ago. During the holidays transport ministry workers said they got final approvals from the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía, reviewed and approved plans and did the paperwork so that the company would not have to pay taxes on imported equipment. Environmental approval was needed because Autopista will take gravel from several deposits along the route. Ministry workers also had to coordinate with the Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz, the Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados and the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad for moving water and sewer lines, electric lines and telephone cables, they said.
Reasons for Moving to Costa Rica
Still
some of the most affordable real estate in the country,
with beautiful ocean views, where the mountains and jungle
meet the sea.
-The highway from Dominical towards south to the Panamanian
border, is the best in Costa Rica, equal to those in
the US.
-One of the highest English-speaking Costa Rican
populations.
-A new International Airport , located just 1 hour South of
Dominical, is about to start construction, in addition to
the already-existing regional airport in Palmar Sur.
-A large (86,000 sq. ft.) hospital is completed just
south of Ojochal (near km 194 on the Costanera) and is
open.
-A newly-paved road connecting Quepos and Dominical,
which, when completed, will reduce the journey
from 2-2.5 hours to 45 minutes. This road will
eventually become the Pan-American Highway.
-There is a proposal to improve the road between Dominical
and San Isidro (30 kms from Dominical).
-A brand new road, The Caldera Highway that is almost
complete will eventually connect the Central Valley (San
José area) with the Central Pacific (Jaco/Parrita/Quepos).
This will reduce the trip by 1 hour.
-The largest marina in Central America is planned for
Quepos called Marina Pez Vela, includes 250-300 slips,
restaurants, hotels and shops, expected completion in 2008.
-A Cruise Ship port and marina in Golfito (to the south of
Uvita and the Osa Peninsula) will soon be under
construction.