A body discovered by workmen in a car park in Leicester, England last September, turns out to be that of the last Plantagenet monarch, King Richard III. The skeleton was…
Stewart Hird
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I had only ever heard of this attraction in the introductory pages to a well known Costa Rica travel guide which states that if you have only time to visit…
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If you want to experience authentic Costa Rican food, there is no better way than ordering a casado from a roadside soda(café). The word casado literally means ‘married’, and in…
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Ever since Captain Kirk said ‘Beam me up, Scotty’ on his communicator back in 1960s Star Trek, the mobile phone has evolved from the stuff of science fiction to the…
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In 2010 Costa Rica was ranked third in Yale University’s Environmental Performance Index which measures how well a government comes to achieving established environmental policy goals. Only Iceland and Switzerland…
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Yesterday my mother-in-law taught me how to make Tamales, the typical Christmas food of Costa Rica. Tamales are made in several Latin American countries, each with its own distinct take…
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On-line Shopping and Import Tax in Costa Rica
by Stewart Hird 2012/12/01Costa Rica News – In the run up to Black Friday and Christmas, local television stations have been reporting the hidden cost of on-line purchases by consumers in Costa Rica, when…
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Like the rise of alternative medicine, organic food has emerged in our supermarkets over the last couple of decades as a viable and legitimate choice for consumers who wish to…