Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
You have your guidebooks, your spare underwear and even your inflatable neck pillow, but do you have a way to deal with the number of untimely disasters that could ruin your well-planned trip? Putting travel disasters out of mind will not prevent them from happening. But if your passport gets stolen or you break your leg surfing in Costa Rica, the right amount of preparation can ease your pain.
Print out this guide to dealing with travel tragedies big and small and take it with you on your next trip. And before you leave, make sure that you’ve taken the appropriate steps — like labeling your luggage and packing a photocopy of your birth certificate — to help manage problems that may arise when traveling. If you know what to do when the worst happens, it can save you time and money and even rescue your vacation from catastrophe. (more…)
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Travelling through the toll booths of the autopistas General Cañas and the Próspero Fernández will be easier thanks to a new regulation that will suspend the charging of tolls during weekdays.
The toll booths of the General Cañas will be closed between 7am and 7am weekdays, while the tool booths of the Próspero Fernández will be closed between 7am, and 9:30am and 3pm and 8pm. (more…)
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Ever Wonder Where your Costa Rica Mail Ends Up? So Do We!
Costa Rica is well-known for its lack of physical addresses, opting for metered directions, usually originating from a known landmark. For this reason, many Costa Ricans and expats opt to rent an apartado, or P.O. Box. Unfortunately for these paying customers, Correos Costa Rica is woefully irresponsible and inefficient, with more mail lost, stolen, or postponed for months at a time than delivered within a reasonable time frame.
In a completely unscientific case study, I, and several of my friends, compared the arrival records for 2008 internet purchases, gifts, and other packages mailed from the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and even from within Costa Rica. Disappointingly, most of our packages and letters — more than 75% — never arrived. Books, clothing, personal goods, calendars, even utility bills: these are things of little material value. Despite these low monetary values, however, these packages rarely arrive safely. (more…)
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