... is, and the reply will invariably be, "It's that island in the Caribbean." No, that's Puerto Rico. Costa Rica is in the Central American isthmus, with Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. Its 3.8 million people live in a land area about the size of the state of West Virginia, ... history provides a colorful backdrop to every place you see: sun-drenched Pacific beaches, tropical jungles of the Caribbean coast, and the cosmopolitan cities and high mountains of the Central Valley. Visitors are astonished by the cleanliness of the country, the natural beauty and wildlife, and even...

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