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Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

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on the Caribbean coast. The town offers few sights, but serves mostly as a

gateway to Costa Rica's rugged wilderness. Among the natural sites of the

area is Cahuita National Park, known for its flora and fauna and its

magnificent coral reefs. Visitors can also take advantage of a train tour

through the banana plantations or spend a day whitewater rafting on the

rapids of the Reventazon River.

A two and a half hour drive FROM Puerto Limon leads to San Jose, situated in

the heart of Costa Rica's central valley at an altitude of 4,450 feet, which

accounts for its pleasant climate. The capital of Costa Rica was founded in

1737 but frequent earthquakes have destroyed most of the colonial buildings

and the modern replacements give the city of roughly one million inhabitants

a very modest appearance. When Columbus discovered Costa Rica during his

last voyage, rumors of vast gold treasures led to the name of Costa Rica

(Rich Coast). The Spaniards settled in the central valley and with

additional immigrants FROM northern Spain their numbers increased

considerably. The local Indian population was soon greatly diminished due to

diseases brought by the settlers. In 1821 the country declared independence

FROM Spain and in an effort to create a source for revenue, coffee was

introduced FROM Cuba in 1808. The government offered free land to coffee

growers, thus building up a peasant landowning class. The first coffee

exports were carried on mule-back to the ports, by 1846 there were ox-cart

roads to Puntarenas. By 1850 there was a large flow of coffee to oversea

markets which was facilitated by the opening of a railway FROM San Jose to

Puerto Limon in 1890, and later on to the Pacific port of Puntarenas. Today,

the country's economy is based on the export of coffee, bananas, meat, sugar

Costa Rica is known to have the most stable democracy among all of the Latin

American countries. The army was abolished in 1949, however law and order is

being upheld by a very efficient-looking Civil Guard. The country boasts the

best standard of living in Cental America, along with the highest literacy

rate and the greatest degree of economic and social advance.

Tourists particularly enjoy the country's well-kept national parks and

nature reserves which have been established to protect the extremely varied

Costa Rican ecosystems, such as the few remaining patches left of the dry

tropical forest and the unique cloud forest.

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