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Thursday, September 25th, 2008The regional Central American airline, TACA, launched its new image last night in an event which took place in San Salvador.
The new image was created with the concept of bringing the Central American countries together. The major change that the airline underwent was its logo. The new logo replaced the five golden macaws which represented [...]
Oriens Featured On Stockbully.com
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008LAS VEGAS, Sept. 24, 2008 — Oriens Travel and Hotel Management Corp. (OTC:OTHM.PK), a Las Vegas based company that seeks out fragmented mid/lower end hotel properties in developing countries and re-organizes them under a unified name brand; Hotel PURE, announced today that it is now being featured on http://www.stockbully.com.
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IUCN Might Have a Costa Rican Director
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008The former rector for the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) of Costa Rica, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, is one of the three finalists out of 22 hopefuls to head the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The International Union for Conservation of Nature is one of the world’s largest and oldest environmental networks with more [...]
Cape Town, South Africa.
Saturday, September 20th, 2008An 8 hour bus ride from Kruger, and it was time for me to say goodbye to the UW crew at the airport. I felt like a lone farewell committee as I hugged almost everyone, then headed to my gate alone. It’s a strange thing to slip back into single traveler mode after traveling with [...]
Costa Rica suffers due Hanna
Monday, September 8th, 2008Northern Region Suffers Due to Tropical Storm Hanna
The province of Guanacaste is under red alert due to the massive rains caused by the Tropical Storm Hanna. The National Institute of Meteorology (IMN) had alerted residents to take extra precaution due to the numerous amounts of rivers in the area and at which 21 shelters were [...]
Take your Favorite Cow Home
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Ok, I thought I was done writing about the artistically decorated cows from the Cow Parade’s installment in Costa Rica, but the truth is that they are so darn cute that I can’t seem to let go!
Tonight will be the first auctioning of the first group of cows to be held at the Children’s Museum [...]
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