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If volunteering to work with children is your thing, there are no shortage of opportunities to do so in Costa Rica, with places for help needed in orphanages, schools, a children’s hospital and nutrition centers. Many schools in Costa Rica lack the resources to offer their young students any kind of organized sporting activities projects, so volunteer coaches or athletic motivators are very much in demand (particularly soccer coaches, a sport which has grown to be very popular in Costa Rica in recent times), with both sexes encouraged to come forward and apply. Other community improvement programs include landscaping public spaces and renovating buildings.

Some other volunteering in Costa Rica programs include artisan production, working with the blind or deaf community, in Costa Rica National Parks, or nursing homes.

Young people are not excluded from volunteering in Costa Rica, with numerous activities and opportunities aimed at the younger age group, including educational summer projects where teenage students can attend camps. For older students considering taking a year off, or simply looking for an enjoyable and educational way to spend their summer break, there are international volunteer opportunities available in areas as diverse as teaching, sports, care or even journalism! Students and/or professionals in the field of health care have no shortage of opportunities if they are looking for volunteering activities in Costa Rica as well. They can work as a paramedical assistant in either San Jose or Heredia, gaining first hand experience by working with Costa Rican paramedical experts, respond to emergency calls and receive paramedical and CPR training. There are medical internships available in local clinics and hospitals, or even for those with no medical experience or indeed interest, there are opportunities to provide comfort and support to patients at local children’s hospitals.

Many of these volunteering projects include… read more Costa Rica volunteering

Are you considering:
- Moving to Costa Rica?
- Living in Costa Rica?
- Retiring in Costa Rica? Or…
- Even Working in Costa Rica?

If so, then this videos are made for you! If “a picture is worth a thousand words,” then this video will provide volumes of priceless information to help you assess the country and make informed decisions.

The best and most innovative part of this one hour video is that you will watch over 30 minutes of personal interviews – people just like you who have taken the challenge to move to a foreign land and adopt a new and more relaxed lifestyle.

Click on the sample interview below and see why this real person (not an actor), made the move to live, work and retire in Costa Rica and how he felt about it. Visit our web site for more sample video interviews of real people and their reason for choosing Costa Rica for retirement.

To create an informative video resource for those wishing to move, live, work or retire in Costa Rica. This video is dedicated to the ever growing number of people who are discovering Costa Rica as the perfect place to live, retire or even work. It is our hope that this DVD will help you make an informed decision by viewing the wonders of Costa Rica, enriching yourself with facts and figures, and especially viewing the four testimonials of foreigners that have successfully made the move.

Our Costa Rica Retirement Video contains no advertising or endorsements of any products, services or individuals.Read more Our video is intended as an independent and objective information source about living and retiring in Costa Rica…

Costa Rica Retirement Videos

So, say you found an ailing, 150-pound baby crocodile who had been wounded by a farmer’s gunshot. What would you do?

Nurse it back to full health? Feed it up and gain its trust, so the two of you can perform together for tourists? While those might not be the options that would occur to most people, it’s the path of action that one man in Costa Rica took.

A fisherman named Chito found an ill croc 20 years ago, christened him “Pocho,” and helped him get back on his scaly feet. After spending a decade with the croc, Chito decided to train Pocho to do some tricks.

Now best of friends, they perform daily shows for tourists: Chito gets in the water with Pocho and performs a variety of feats, including spinning the 18-foot croc and lifting his snout out of the water.

But don’t take our word for it — check out the video of Chito and Pocho below.  resource

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The quetzal may be small and pigeon like but it makes up for its stature with audacious plumage: vivid, shimmering green comes alive in the abundant sunlight of Central America flashing emerald to gold back to spectacular green.

While everyone spoke of its beauty, the bird was so elusive that early European naturalists believed the Costa Rica’s Quetzal was just a myth of the Central American natives. Which makes sense since early Mayans and Aztecs worshiped a god called Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent, and depicted him with a headdress of quetzal feathers. In fact, the bird’s name is derived from quetzalli, an Aztec word meaning “precious” or “beautiful.”

One English naturalist, Osbert Salvin, wrote he was “determined, rain or no rain, to be off to the mountain forests in search of quetzals,to see and shoot which has been a daydream for me ever since I set foot in Central America.” Salvin, the first European ever to record an observation of the bird, noted it was “unequaled for splendour among the birds of the New World,” then he promptly shot it. During the next few decades, thousands of quetzal plumes crossed the Atlantic to adorn fashionable hats of the elite in Paris, Amsterdam, and London.

The Mayans considered killing the bird to be a capital crime, but they too revered its feathers. They were worth more than gold in the Mayan society. Guatemalans were so taken by the bird they named their currency after it. The bird also graces the national shield, flag, postage stamps, along with their money.

Although the Costa Ricans don’t worship the bird with quite as much fervor, the bird is more easily seen in Costa Rica. Especially during breeding season (March-June) when the narcissistic males show off their beautiful tail plumes and scarlet red breast in spiraling skyward flights and dizzing dives causing their tail feathers to ripple behind in part of the courtship ritual. If you can’t make it out for their mating season, try to time your visit during the bird’s meticulous feeding hours, which you can almost set your watch by. They eat insects, small frogs, lizards, and the fruit of the broad-leafed aguacatillo.

Osa Mountain Village announces commencement of construction on Phase I of its unique community concept. Perfect for a Costa Rica Vacation rental or a retirement home. The community is located in Costa Rica’s Southern Zone along the pristine Pacific Coast, where the mountains meet the ocean. It is about 20 minutes from Palmar Norte and 40 minutes from Dominical and overlooks the Pacific Ocean at a temperate 2,000 feet elevation level.

The area boasts magnificent ocean sunset views, ideal climate, an abundance of wildlife and a wealth of adventure activities.  See video by clicking link below.

Costa Rica Residential developments

The Best of Costa Rica images- La Fortuna, Arenal Vocano, Miguel Antonio, Jaco Beach, Tamarindo Beach, Monteverde and Playa Conchal. Unique short video shots of the Beaches, Jungles, Waterfalls, Hot Springs, Lakes and Volcanos.

Jenny & Krissy rappel down waterfalls on a “canyoning” canopy tour in Arenal, Costa Rica near the volcano and hot springs.

Villa Diecinueve Key Features: A dedicated chef preparing 3 customized meals per day in full kitchen. Private housekeeper for daily service, if desired. Mountain and bay views from private balconies and pool. In-villa amenities include plasma screens, satellite TV, high-speed internet access, iPod hook ups, CD and DVD players, private bathrooms with all natural bathroom products.

The Pacuare River is rated one of the top rivers in the world. You’ll experience the intimate nature of the rainforest via the river. The warm water, cascading waterfalls, and opulently lush rainforest with its brilliantly colored plants, animals, and birds make this trip exquisite for your senses. For more information or to book your white water adventure on the Rio Pacuare log on to Rios Tropicales website www.riostropicales.com.