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Unit #109 --For Sale $214,900 - FURNISHED - Leased until March 30, 2010

This single story home (1506 sf. + parking for one car) is detached, has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, home office, living room wall / entertainment center along with a built in office and a semi-private terrace. In addition, it has a vaulted ceiling in the “great” room and two skylights. The covered entrance way is suitable for two chairs located next to a covered garden area. Once through the impressive front door, you enter the “great room” which houses the kitchen, dining room, office and living room. Upon entering, there is a built in wooden hutch surfaced with granite—it matches all the built-in furniture in the great room. There is a clothes washer and dryer off the 2nd bedroom. It may also be used for storage.









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Unit #111 --For Sale $200,000 SEMIFURNISHED* / Leased until Aug 2010 - $1,200 pr month

Unit #108 --For Rent $1,750 - FURNISHED (Available Immediately)

This 1,716 sf. (plus parking space for one car) two storey, detached house, with two terraces, two bedrooms (one on each floor) and an upstairs master suite is a beautiful home.

This home consists of two VERY large bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms (one on each floor) and a powder room each with closets with extensive built-ins for personal organization. The vaulted living room and ground floor bedroom ceilings as well as the master bedroom on the 2nd floor provide a feeling of grandeur while allowing the warmer air to rise and exit through the ceiling ventilating system.






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Unit #106A --For Rent $1,000 - FURNISHED (Available Immediately)

This is a fully furnished 2-bedroom unit situated in a 2-story building, which has two units on the ground floor and two units on the 2nd. floor. Each unit is the same size (1,250sf) divided into 800 sf of interior space and 450 sf of covered front and back terraces. Units 106A and B are on the ground floor; Units 106 C and D are on the 2nd. Floor. The solid masonry demising wall (common wall) as well as the 5” concrete slab prevent sound transference.











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January 10, 2010
Ridge Collapse Leaves Large Crater in Costa Rica Volcano
SAN JOSE – Costa Rican vulcanologists inspected the Turrialba volcano and discovered that the ridge separating two new craters formed after an eruption of ash this week had collapsed, leaving a large crater 65 meters (213 feet) in diameter.
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January 10, 2010
AH1N1 Vaccine Should Be In Costa Rica On Monday
Although the 200.000 doses of the AH1N1 vaccine were to have arrived in Costa Rica this week, the Ministerio de Salud confirms that that is not the case.
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January 10, 2010
Costa Rica: Opportunity And Risk In A "New" Insurance Market
While relatively small in comparison to the major Latin American insurance markets, Costa Rica is the largest insurance market in Central America (excluding Panama).
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January 10, 2010
It's Cold Out There, Cold Front Hits Costa Rica
If you haven't felt it yet, it's probably because you haven't stepped outdoors just yet. So, if that is the case, make sure to get out the long sweater and a jacket, as a cold front dropped the daytime high to around 22 Celsius in San José and strong winds make feel like winter.
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January 09, 2010
Tourism Decline In 2009 Was Lower Than Forecasted
The numbers are in and show that Costa Rica had 180.000 less tourists during 2009 over 2008. Despite this decline, the agency forecasted of a drop from 12%, but in reality was just under 10%, a decline lower than anticipated.
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January 09, 2010
New York Times Columnist Praises Costa Rica
"Hmmm. You think it's a coincidence? Costa Rica is one of the very few countries to have abolished its army, and it's also arguably the happiest nation on Earth", Nicholas D. Kristof starts off his syndicated New York Times column "The Happiest People ".
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January 07, 2010
Turrialba Coffee Crops Spared From Volcano Eruption
Costa Rica's high-quality coffee crops around the Turrialba volcano were spared from damage this week when the long-dormant volcano erupted for the first time in more than 140 years, spewing ash and forcing evacuations.
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January 06, 2010
Second Round Predicted In Presidential Elections In Costa Rica
Although Laura Chinchilla has a commanding lead over her opponents in the presidential elections to be held on February 7th, the latest opinion poll predicts she lacks the necessary votes to win a first round.
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