138a Christopher Baker's Costa Rica

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🗓️ 20 June 2010

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Christopher Baker, one of today's top travel writers, describes the "pura vida" that makes Costa Rica, with seaside resorts on two coasts, an active volcano travlers can safely watch while sipping a nightcap, rainforest and jungle expeditions, and more species of birds and butterflies than almost anywhere else on earth is Central America's most popular destination. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Seeside Resorts on two coasts, volcano and jungle expeditions, a naturalist's eco-dream come true,
0:08.0	all in a stable democracy with a peace-loving people.
0:11.0	We're taking a fresh look at the appeal of Costa Rica today on
0:14.4	Travel with Rick Steeves. Costa Rica is sometimes called the Switzerland of
0:18.8	Latin America. It's remarkably different from its neighbors in Central America.
0:23.0	Today on Travel with Rick Steeves,
0:25.0	Travel Writer Christopher Baker joins us to offer a taste of what makes Costa Rica such a hit with visitors.
0:31.0	This wildlife is everywhere and it loves to put on a song and dance.
0:36.3	This tiny country comes with giant thrills.
0:38.9	Zipline rides in the jungle, river rafting, rodeos, sports fishing, waterfall hikes, and more species of exotic
0:45.2	birds and butterflies than you can count.
0:47.8	Costa Ricans brag that their country enjoys an abundance of Puravita, that's the pure life. We'll find out why in the hour ahead on travel with
0:54.9	Rick Steve's.
0:55.9	Vamanos, amigos.
1:00.7	For a Latin American welcome to one of the most beautiful destinations in our hemisphere, you can't beat Costa Rica.
1:06.0	I'm Rick Steves and today on travel with Rick Steves we're exploring an eco-paradise with an amazingly varied terrain, all in a tidy package of a country where democracy
1:15.6	is the rule.
1:17.0	To explain what Costa Rica has to offer visitors from the north, we're joined by Christopher
1:21.5	Baker. Chris has been with us before.
1:24.0	He's one of the top travel experts and authors on Cuba.
1:27.0	His industry awards include multiple Lowell Thomas Awards
1:30.0	and travel journalist of the year by the Caribbean Tourism Organization.
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