From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Monteverde Costa Rica

February 12, 2010

Monteverde Cloud Forest
Costa Rica
Monteverde Costa Rica is one of this country’s most popular tourist destinations in part, because of the incredible biodiversity contained within its amazing wildlife refuges.
Monteverde, which means “Green Mountain” is one of the most verdant of places in Costa Rica and draws many thousands of tourists each year. This is a destination [...]

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Costa Rica Wetland Reserves

February 12, 2010

Costa Rica’s Northern Wetlands
Out of the numerous reserves, national parks and wildlife refuges in Costa Rica two noteworthy locations stand out. They are namely Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge and Cano Palma Wildlife Reserve.
Both are contained within the wetlands of Costa Rica near the northern border to Nicaragua and both [...]

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Zion National Park

February 12, 2010

Zion National Park
Established in 1919, Zion National Park is another of the series of parks in the same region as the Grand Canyon and the Bryce National Park where the wonder of geologic rock formations never ceases to amaze visiting tourists.
Zion National Park attractions are numerous but a little more difficult [...]

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Yellowstone National Park

February 12, 2010

Yellowstone National Park
The titles “America’s First National Park” and the “World’s First National Park” both belong to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, a park so immense that it is also shared by Montana and Idaho. In fact, at just over 3400 square miles, Yellowstone Park is larger than the state of Rhode [...]

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