The sure way to learn to speak Spanish is to “live it”.
We start new classes every Monday; just pick the date best for you!
If you’re serious about learning Spanish and want to learn, quickly, efficiently and professionally, AND you want to be totally immersed in the language and the culture of one of the most [...]
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June 26th, 2009 by schweg
The tropical dry forest native to the lower elevations of Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula nearly all went through the typical progression referred to as “improvement.” The commercially valuable lumber was removed by clear cutting and everything remaining burned to open new fields. Sometimes peasant farmers (campesinos) used it for a few years as small [...]
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February 27th, 2009 by schweg
The Cloud Forest
Costa Rican Cloud Forests
One of the most unique environments in the world survives on Costa Rica’s mountaintops-at least for the moment. Cloud forests like Monteverde’s are formed by a combination of wind and geography (individual cloud forest descriptions are listed in the menu to the left).
When tradewinds flow from the northeast across the [...]
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February 21st, 2009 by schweg
The Golden Toad once occupied a small area in Northern Costa Rica in The Cloud Forest knowas the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. The male toad are a very striking orange cobration, and the females are black with scarlet blotches edged in yellow.
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February 20th, 2009 by schweg
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February 4th, 2009 by admin