COSTA RICA

LOCATION

• Costa Rica is North of Panama and South of Nicaragua.
• It is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

CLIMATE

• Costa Rica is located around the equator.
• Because of this it is tropical year around.

CUISINE

• Gallo pinto is a very common dish of rice and beans.
• Boquitas are served with a variety of food and sauce.
• A large assortment of fresh fruits.
• Frescos are a beverage made of juice watered down and sweetened.

CUSTOMS

• Men greet by shaking each other's hands and with eye contact.
• Women may great women with a kiss on the cheek after the first meeting.
• Men may great women with a handshake or kiss on the cheek.
• It is taboo to put your feet on furniture.
• It is rude to point with one finger. Using the entire hand is not.

FUN FACTS

• Less than 1% are indigenous to Costa Rica.
• There are 52 species of hummingbirds.
• There are around 750,000 species of bug.

ARTIFACTS

• The stone spheres are perfect spheres made from hard stone.
• Jade Sculptures of Gods.

HISTORICAL SITES

• The cartago ruins. From the 18th century were destroyed
• twice by earth quakes.
• Guayabo park with a religious mound cemetery.
• The round spheres can be visited. Little is known of them.
• Isla San Lucas is a prison made famous by a prisoners novel of it.

HISTORIC SITES 2

• The novel is "The Isle of Lonely Men".
• The National Museum was once a military barracks and fortress.