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Costa Rica Links and Resources:

GENERAL INFORMATIVE WEBSITES:
Spanish/English Dictionary: spanishdict.com
Metric Conversion Table & Chart: sciencemadesimple.com
Costa Rica Adventure Map / waterproof, full-color map published by National Geographic Society: nationalgeorgraphic.com

COSTA RICA HISTORY and CULTURE:
Costa Rica: General Information: wikipedia.com
Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion / edited by Barbara Ras with Forward by Oscar Arias (1994): powells.com
Costa Rica: Quest for Democracy / John A. Booth (1999): amazon.com
The Costa Rica Reader: History, Culture, Politics / edited by Steven Palmer and Iván Molina (2004): amazon.com
Costa Rican Spanish in Your Pocket / Jose Hares (2006): barnes&noble.com
The Costa Ricans / Richard Biesanz, Karen Zubris Biesanz, Mavis Hiltunen Biesanz (1982): amazon.com
The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and The United States During the Rise of Jose Figueres / Kyle Longley (1997): bookfinder.com
Ticos: Culture and Social Change in Costa Rica / Richard Biesanz, Karen Zubris Biesanz, Mavis Hiltunen Biesanz (1999): amazon.com

TRAVEL WEBSITES:
Costa Rican Tourist Board: visitcostarica.com
The Visitor's Guide to Costa Rica - Costa Rica Institute of Tourism (ICT): naturallycostarica
Sustainable Tourism Certification: turismosostenible
Kyle Longley, The Sparrow and the Hawk: amazon.com
Insight Guides Costa Rica: insightguides.com
Lonely Planet Guide: lonelyplanet.com
Rough Guide to Costa Rica: roughguides.com
Costa Rica Embassy General Guide: costarica.com
U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica: USEmbassy
Trip Advisor: tripadvisor.com

COSTA RICA NEWSPAPERS AND FORUMS WEBSITES:
Latin America Network Information Center: www.lanic
Living in Costa Rica Forum: infocostarica.com
The Tico Times: www.ticotimes.net
AM Costa Rica - daily online tabloid: amcostarica.com
La Nacion - leading newspaper (in Spanish only): nacion.co.cr
Guide Press Release: www.prlog.org

SAN RAMON REAL ESTATE WEBSITES:
Paradise Management: www.costaricapm.com