US nationals do not require an entry visa to Costa Rica. However, they must have a current valid passport and a return ticket to exit Costa Rica within 90 days. US passport must be valid for a minimum of one day from the day you enter Costa Rica. As a tourist US nationals cannot stay more than 90 days.

Costa Ricas official and predominant language is Spanish. The variety spoken there, Costa Rican Spanish, is a form of Central American Spanish.

Principal agricultural exports are coffee, bananas, and pineapples- in recent years Intel has built microchip factories there and the value of their exports is quite high. In addition there are large amounts of horticultural products such as rose cuttings, various plants and flower seeds.

Casado or Pollo Tropical.

the equivalence between colones and dollars vary almost averyday to this date equals 570 colones approx.

Tourism,Malls and job opportunity.

Because Costa Rica is located only about eight degrees north of the equator, the climate is tropics year round. However, this varies depending on elevation and rainfall. Therefore, it is greatly affected by the geography-of-costa-rica.

The distance is straight path from one place to another place. There might be slight difference between the actual distance and the above mentioned distance because of the route chosen.The distance between the above mentioned places is 1917 nautical miles approximately.

Costa Ricas currency is the Colon or CRC (on 5/28/10): 1.00 CRC = 0.00187477 USD 1.00 CRC = 0.00151716 EUR 1,00 USD = 533.400 CRC 1.00 EUR = 658.954 CRC

tropical rainforest