Costa Rica Adventure Tours Video (9/28/11)
For several days, a new video about Costa Rica
to see on Youtube. People love the country of Costa Rica or those want to make a vacation in Costa Rica, should take a look at this remarkable video to get an idea. Excursions and hotel, beach Buena Vista, Samara and other ...
Have fun watching it.
Blue Flag for the beach Buena Vista (2011-09-06)
The Blue Flag stands worldwide for natural and
clean beaches, and also for a good and animal friendly
water quality. This award is bestow here in Costa Rica by the Tourism Institute ICT.
Now should obtain also the beach Buena Vista the award of ecology.
The first measurements and investigations were carried out, and by the positive results nothing stand in the way to hoise the flag.
The beaches are evaluated annually and
following aspects are checked:
- Microbiological quality of sea water 35%
- Water quality for human consumption 15%
Sanitary quality of coasts:
- Waste and trash 10%
- Industrial waste, treated for 5%
- Waste water treated 15%
- Environmental education 10%
- Security and Administration 10%
- Total 100%
To obtain the Blue Flag must be in order 90% of the values.
Tomorrow, innovating music-session at the Hotel Costa Rica, near Samara (2011-01-30)
Tomorrow, monday evening, 01/31/2011, we organize an innovating music session at the hotel in Costa Rica near Samara.
Also present:
Svein Olav Herstad (Norway) pianist, Svein Olav Herstad Trio
Weghofer Georg (Mojo Blues Band), Austria
Oldrie, Costa Rica
David, flamenco guitarist, Germany
Rana, Paraiso del Cocodrilo, Tico-aleman
The hotel invites all music lovers and those, who love to listen to live music and maybe you like to drink a glass of wine. You are welcome to join the event and take part in giving it its individual touch. Our smorgasbord of instruments is available.
The reason for the music event is the pleasure and the fun of music.
For further information please contact 2-656-8055.
Greenday concert in San Jose (2010-10-30)
Yesterday, on the 29th of October, was the Greenday concert in the Saprissa stadium of San Jose.
The singer Billie Joe Armstrong greeted his fans with the words "Pura Vida" which brought the crowd right from the start to cheer. Even the drummer Tre Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt were in high spirits.
The band got off to an excellent stage show. During the song "21st Century Break Down" appeared brightly illuminated skyscrapers in the background of the stage.
There was even asked a fan on stage, who sang with the band the song "Know your Enemy". Finally, the fan embraced all members of the band.
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was one of the most celebrated songs at this concert. People sang this song with full of enthusiasm.
This concert was the last of this year's tour from Greenday. The concert focused mainly on the albums "American Idiot" and "21st Century Break Down", but also a few classics from the older albums of the punk rock band were played.
The singer said last that the will return to Costa Rica and the band was adopted with vigorous applause by a cheering and enthusiastic mass.
Concerts in Costa Rica have their tradition. In the years 2009 and 2010 bands like Metallica, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Korn, Guns N' Roses, NOFX and Toten Hosen played in Costa Rica.
"Epysa" creates Development Plans for Beaches (2010-10-19)
Since a long time prevail disordered states about the building constructions in the beach zones.
In the past parts of the local government (municipalidad) and the department of health of Nicoya, weren't helpful,
pertaining to this topic.
Now the government is trying to create a development plan
("Plan Regulador") in order to improve the situation.
Many tourist companies, such as hotels and restaurants, are without concession, because the
development plan is obligate for getting a concession from the government authority.
For parts of the country, the company "Epysa" commissioned for creating the missing plans.
Last Thursday was a meeting in the canton of Guanacaste for the area of Punta Samara Ostional.
There the company introduced the development plan for this part of the country.
Attended to the meeting were the lawyer of the municipalidad Nicoya "Juan Carlos Oviedo",
two representatives of the Company "Epysa" and the representatives of the districts of Buena Vista and Garza.
The concept of the company was declared and the company explained that in the middle of the next year
the development plan for this area will be completed.
Problems with the ICE in the region of Samara (2010-09-15)
The Costa Rican telephone company ICE currently has more problems with the repair of damaged phone lines. Some hotels and private households in the region of Samara claim long delays concerning the repair of damaged phone lines. The broken lines also led to failures of fax machines and affected the Internet connection, which led to big problems, especially in the hotel industry. All complaints via telephone at the office of the ICE in Nicoya were neglected. Only after repeated claim and the notification of the Contraloria in San Jose, the first technicians arrived and began to help the affected customers. The Contraloria seems to work, however, since they asked the relevant clients, whether the damage was repaired, just the following day.
Climate change threatens crocodile population (2010-09-07)
The largest newspaper of Costa Rica "La Nación" recently published a report of the biologist Juan Rafael Bolaños, which led to several discussions. The article broached the issue of a declining amount of crocodiles in Costa Rica. Particularly in the South of the country, the biologist detected a significant drop concerning female crocodiles. According to Juan Rafael Bolaños, this could be a result of the reckless deforestation and global climate change. Recently, there is a ratio of one female crocodile to ten males. That is far below normal, as the usual ratio is three to one. However, in Guanacaste, the situation seems to be quite different. According to the Environmental Protection Agency MINAE (Ministerio de Ambiente y Energia), there were about 200 crocodiles living in Rio Tempisque in the year 2008. This is about twice as much as it was two years earlier, in 2006. Nevertheless, experts say that even in the province of Guanacaste the population will not grow any further in the future.
Costa Rica launches 20.000 Colon banknote. (2010-07-28)
From 11th of August the highest Costa Rican banknote will be worth 20.000. A few years ago the measure of all things was the 5,000 Colon note, converted into Euro that would be around € 7 Euro. It was replaced at some time by the 10,000 Colon note. When you consider that in Europe a banknote of 500 Euro is already a standard, the introduction of the new 20.000 Colon note means one step further to facilitate the transfer of funds in Costa Rica.
Municipalidad repaired road to the beach Buena Vista (2009-12-14)
The company Multiservicios Gedeon was commissioned by the Municipality of Nicoya in the streets of Samara Esterones de Buenavista embarrassment to the beach with great new tubes. These works are almost complete and then another company will repair the road and level out.
Problems with health insurance Seguro Social in Nicoya
(December 3, 2009)
Some companies and individual persons are complaining about the poor cooperation of the local public health insurance Seguro Social in Nicoya.
For example, a local company cancelled the inscription of an employee in the year 1998, confirmed by the local registration office of the Seguro Social. Nevertheless, during the following 3 months, the local Seguro Social office kept on sending invoices to this company, charging them 18.000 Colones for the insurance of an employee not working yet in this company. This was commented and claimed in several occasions with the staff of the Seguro Social. Almost 10 years later, the same company received an invoice from the local Seguro Social office with an amount of 500.000 Colones, for the insurance of another employee, who had already been insured with the Seguro Social. The responsible director of the Seguro Social in Nicoya, Luis Alberto Agüero Rojas, said the reason is the outstanding account of employees in 1998, and that this case is already on the court.
The health insurance Seguro Social is surely very good and useful, but if they want to be really “social”, they must find another way to get along with their members. A situation of mutual lack of cooperation between these two parts is certainly not beneficial, for nobody.
Your opinion is very important for us. Please tell us about your experience with public health insurance.
Pure sunshine and low activities in the tourism sector (2009-10-02)
In Costa Rica, Guanacaste is, according to the tourism organizers announced at the time low activities. Apparently, many people dont have the money for the holidays. Firstly the tourists from the United States don't arrive at the moment because of the Great Depression. Some hotels have already been closed.
On the weather can not lie, because so far in October is perfect for tourists. But the lack of rain makes many worries. Progressive climate change brings weather change in all parts of the world's and the fear of a new El Nino like in 2007 and make us hopefully think.
Costa Rica is the happiest nation (2009-07-08)
Costa Rica is a country with much happiness and satisfaction that has demonstrated a study of the organization of the New Economics Foundation.
Every two years this study is published on the happiness of the people from 143 countries.
Two years ago, Costa Rica had already managed the second place, this year Costa Rica is followed by the Dominican Republic on second place.
Life expectancy, satisfaction and dealing with the environment are criteria of the British organization. 85% of the polled Costa Ricans said they are happy and satisfied with their life.
With a life expectancy of 78.5 years has Costa Rica the second highest life expectancy in the world. Germany has no good rank with 51, but still better than the U.S., with 114 as a great place waster.
Euro as currency in Costa Rica (2009-07-01)
The euro becomes popular as currency in Costa Rica popular, in some hotels you can already pay in euros. For some time you can have a euro account in the banks. Without any problems you can usually change the euro into national currency Colones you get for 1 Euro around 800 Colones. The exchange rate of 1 U.S. Dollar amounts 570 Colones.
ICE plans TV on the Internet (2009-05-30)
ICE plans TV on the Internet, with IPTV. Thus, it will allow consumers to view films without a certain amount of time.
This new type of television will only work on the router, the broadband connection to the Internet.
ICE plans to offer "triple play", which means the user gets the Internet, television and telephony via one service. Requirement for IPTV is high-speed Internet (broadband connection). The question is at what price ICE offers this service.
We hope that this possibility can be realized soon, that it besides the cable another alternative to the satellite provider "Sky", because it is an inadequate concern.
Garbage Collection in Sámara
In Sámara the garbage is going to be collected once a week, namely on Wednesdays. The population made their choice to bring the garbage just on Wednesday to the allocated places, so that the collection will run trouble-free.
Bruce Willis on visit to Mel Gibson in Costa Rica
Last Friday Mel Gibson came again with his helicopter to his farm in Costa Rica, Guanacaste, on the sandy beach of Playa Barrigona near Sámara.
In the plane sat also probably Bruce Willis, who visited him. This time everything come off wunderful after the last time, when Britney Spears visited the American actor,
too many press people and Paparazzis beleaguered his premises. The press people expected her already at the airport and there were the first video recordings.
This time secrecy was imposed and the press people hadn´t overheared of it. Nobody has seen paparazzis on the beach Playa Barrigona. Even Bruce Willis played a part in contributing to it
and appeared not in the publicity. From local fishermen were purchased some lobsters. Overall, a group of approximately 20 people hosted and on Sunday the helicopter flew
a part of the people back. The other part went by car. All in all, these were quiet days, also for the local population.
We publish this story as recently as now and wish both of them a quiet vacation as well as a pleasent stay here.
Centre for recyclable materials.
One of the biggest problems in Costa Rica is garbage. Maybe that new recycling center in Samara Torito helps for materials such as:
Plastic: Add one-way bottles of beverages (water, gas, energy, yogurt and others). Who would be properly cleaned, are not received gallons white, chlorine and disinfectant.
Glass: These include glass containers, bottles and glasses. Glass windows and crystals. All right clean. Windscreens of vehicles, porcelain, ceramics and mirrors.
Metals: These are pieces of steel and stainless steel, aluminum parts (window frames, kitchen utensils, tools, etc.). Even cans of soft drinks, juices, beer cans reserve, tuna, beans and tin plates. clean and compressed. All kinds of iron, other metals such as bronze, copper and tin.
Electrical appliances: These include refrigerators, washing machines, fans, coffee machines, rice cookers, electric appliances, bicycles, etc.
Not received contaminated materialized.
Children schools also coolaboran with collecting garbage, acquiring money for social projects.
Britney Spears enjoys holidays on the beach Barrigóna
She enjoys his vacation in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with his former neighbor in Malibu United States Mel Gibson.
The beach was visited by many paparazzi, but she is already accustomed, so I was very calm and relax the company of her sister and some of their relatives and friends.
Back Gammon Buenavista Open
In November 2009 at the Hotel Costa Rica Samara 'Paraiso del Cocodrilo', Playa Buena Vista, Samara the first tournament of this kind took place. Punctually at 14.00 o'clock the players arrived. The starting amounted was 5000 Colones, however the prospect of gaining a profit 5 times bigger than the starting amount attracted many gamers. The whole profit of the event was used by the ALEGRIA association to support the local school in Esterones. The winner had donated the whole sum he won liberally. Due to the success of the event the tournament planers are thinking of a 2nd edition next year. Information in addition with Asociacíon Intercambio Cultural ALEGRIA: 8 899-89 86
