Archive for May 16th, 2007

Guanacaste with Leg Up on First Division

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
While all was anticipation last Saturday for the second and, as it turned out, final game of the “classic” National Soccer Championship in the First Division, the first game of the Second Division finals passed all but unnoticed, although victory means that the winner will be in the First Division in the coming […]

Frontier Airlines Applies for CR Direct Permit

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Frontier Airlines is seeking to make Costa Rica one of its travel destinations and applied yesterday for U.S. federal authority to fly here, according to the Denver Post.
If granted permission, the budget airline would offer nonstop flights between Denver International Airport and Costa Rica on its 132-seat Airbus A319 planes. No direct flights here from […]

Mini-Biospheres Teach Circle of Life

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
Joaquín Fargas is something of a Renaissance man. A Argentinian resident of this country, he is an engineer and artist who has turned his hand to teaching about the fragile balance of plant and animal that sustain life on this planet.
He constructed 50 enclosed transparent globes of varied sizes, some small enough to […]