| In Central America, just south of Nicaragua and north | | | | white sand beaches, great surf, active volcanoes, |
| of Panama is Costa Rica. Costa Rica has the | | | | natural hot springs, and towering rain forests are just |
| Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean on | | | | some of the sites in Costa Rica. Site seeing in the |
| the west side. Therefore, the majority of Costa Rica's | | | | area is relatively simple via rental car or public bus. |
| borders, sixty-five percent, are coastline. | | | | A number of the principal mountain ranges are |
| Although a relatively small area, about the size of | | | | volcanic, and visitors can easily visit many of these |
| Vermont and New Hampshire combined, it has | | | | areas. In the province of Cartago, for example, which |
| everything one could want in a vacation. Beautiful | | | | is not far from the capital of San Jos |