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I suggest getting at least the Moon guidebook (which contains maps & directions) and as many of the printed maps listed below as you can manage, if you intend on driving. Getting a little lost is half the fun. Bringing a compass is also recommended for both hiking and driving. Additionally, check the WEB and Costa Rican local publications. No one source of information seems 100% accurate or complete. The maps are available in downtown San Jose, but buy them ahead if you can.
GUIDEBOOKS
Explore Costa Rica: fifth edition
By Harry S. Pariser
ISBN 1-893643-55-7
$22.95
http://www.savethemanatee.com/CR/
The Web Site includes photo tour, tips, itinerary, and updates. The book is newly released and the most current guide to Costa Rica listed here. This book contains some unique information not found in other travel guides.
Moon Handbooks: Costa Rica 5th Edition
By
Christopher P. Baker
ISBN
1-56691-608-9
$19.95
http://www.moon.com/catalog2/costarica.html
This is a very complete guide to Costa Rica. I highly recommend the purchase of this book before your trip.
Frommer's(r)
Costa Rica 2007
by Eliot Greenspan
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/costarica/
http://www.frommers.com/bookstore/0471944408.html
This guide hits the high points of Costa Rica from another viewpoint for the non-budget traveler. It is a good complement to Mr. Bakers book. However, I suggest being skeptical of the ads inserted by the publisher. The author does not have control of their content.
Choose Costa Rica
By John Howells
http://www.discoverypress.com/
This is the guide to travel and retirement in Costa Rica that first sparked my interest in this country. For that, I am indebted to Mr. Howells.
MAPS
Maptak Online Costa Rica Maps
Check out this WEB site! It holds Country, Province, City and National park online scalable maps and more. The maps are useful and also very much works of computer based art.
The Toucan Guides Waterproof Roadmap & PDF Atlas
As an avid bike rider, where you have to pedal to recover from mistakes, the author learned the importance of accurate maps. His passions for both accuracy and Costa Rica shows in the quality of these maps. You can order & download these on line.
ISBN: 0-9763733-0-0 March 2005 $9.95
Costa Rica Road Map
Borch GmbH (Was Berndtson & Berndtson GmbH)
Dachauer Str. 6, D-82256 Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
http://www.amazon.com/ search for: 3866095104
Costa
Rica
International Travel Maps
530 West Broadway, Vancouver BC, V5Z 1E9
http://www.amazon.com/ search for: 1553411803
Costa Rica - Mapa Turístico
ICT (Instituto Costarricense de Turismo)
P.O. Box 777-1000 San José, Costa Rica
http://www.visitcostarica.com/ (Home Page)
http://www.visitcostarica.com/ict/paginas/mapas/zonas.asp (Online maps)
Costa
Rica Map Project
http://www.costaricamapproject.com/
New and not totally accurate but fun never the less. I particularly enjoy the satellite views.
WEB PAGES
Faces
of Costa Rica - General background
information about Costa Rica and its people, a University of Florida
project-in-lieu of thesis for a Master’s degree
http://www.facesofcostarica.com/
The
Nicoya Peninsula Travel Guide on the Internet – A well done guide to the Nicoya including a section on
Playa Junquillal and area. Be sure to
check the local map of Junquillal.
http://www.nicoyapeninsula.com/
http://www.nicoyapeninsula.com/junquillal/index.html
ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
A.M.
Costa Rica
Insidecostarica
The
Tico Times
BULLETIN BOARDS, GROUPS & BLOGS
Read
the books, browsed the WEB and studied the maps and you still have
questions? Post your questions and get
answers online at the sites below. You
might even get a reply from me there !
CostaRicaPages
http://www.costaricapages.com/forum/
http://www.costaricapages.com/blog/
The
Costa Rica Forum
http://www.infocostarica.com/cgi-bin/forum/Ultimate.cgi
Bulletin
Board, Tamarindo Beach in Costa Rica
http://tamarindobeach.net/forum/
Lonely
Planet Online The Thorn Tree
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/
GUIDES
José
the “Go to Guy” – Problems solved, answers
found. José is bilingual (Spanish /
English), an ICT Certified Guide, a real estate agent and an all around good
guy. Need to buy a rose on Valentine’s
Day or get a phone in the Santa Cruz district?
José knows where and nearly everyone knows José. Rates vary with the type of service.
Junquillal
Properties
Paraíso, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste,
Costa Rica
Cell:
+506 (833) 9996
Email: junquillalproperties@gmail.com
Web: http://junquillalproperties.googlepages.com/
Las
Brisas del Mar beachfront vacation condo for rent in Playa Junquillal,
Guanacaste, Costa Rica !
All
rights reserved 2003-2008 Tiempo de Playa S.A. (Translation: Beach Time Inc.)
