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About Costa Rica
     A Baker's Dozen of Costa Rica Resolutions From AMCostaRica . Things to avoid...great for newcomers or wannabes.
     http://www.arcr.net/ ARCR, moving assistance, legal help, residency facts
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CostaRicaClassifieds/ CR Classifieds Buy, Sell, Wanted in CR
     CR Phone listings White and Yellow Pages
     Legal holidays From AMCostaRica
     http://critterimages.com/index.htm Great web site with lots of photo's of Costa Rica Critters
     The Legal Guide to Costa Rica Ordering info. Great overview and resource of CR laws and regulations
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/escazunews/ Escazu News
     http://www.amcostarica.com AMCostaRica - English language daily online newspaper
     http://www.guiascostarica.com/index.html
Costa Rica Web Sites & Tourism Guide Travel Web   
     http://costa-rica-guide.com/Weather/WeatherMap.html   Shows Costa Rica yearly weather patterns with rainfall totals for each region
     http://www.livecostarica.net/
     thenewdawncenter@yahoo.com Ed Bernhart Gardening information for the tropics, this is Ed's email address
      http://costaricarailroad.blogspot.com/ For Lovers of CR History and railroads For those who enjoy history, especially Coast Rican history,
        I have but together a chronology of the building of the railway. For the 'C' students there are plenty of interesting graphics.  You will find it at:
        http://costaricarailroad.blogspot.com/ Corrections and additions are welcome. (Especially the addition of any old photos you may know of) enjoy!!
        Pete 11/17/08

Books
    
Goodlight Books, Alajuela  www.goodlightbooks.com (Map on website)

Costa Rica Groups and Information
     
www.costarica.com/Business/Starting-a-Business/Zip-Codes-By-City/ Zip codes for Costa Rica Post Offices
     Choose Costa Rica Bulletin Board Dedicated to those who love Costa Rica or who would like to know Costa Rica better.
     Costa Rica Central Valley Living 
     http://www.greciadigital.net/eng/local Grecia Digital web site.  Great information about Grecia
     CostaRicaYoungExpats Geared for those under 40, in CR 
     Gallo Pinto  Approved membership only. We do not limit discussion to Costa Rica.
     My Dos Colones Fact filled blog by Jon DeHaai
     Tico Links  Comprehensive and categorized collection of websites about Costa Rica
     The Real Costa Rica Tim Lyttle´s site Information about moving, living in Costa Rica
     We Love Costa Rica Informative articles.
     http://www.greciagringos.com - Personal webpage about moving to Grecia, Costa Rica
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CostaRicaClassifieds/ Costa Rica Classifieds  Post and browse classified ads for free
     http://www.crtennis.com/ Costa Rica Tennis Club
     SeniorCostaRica@yahoogroups.com
     http://www.amcham.co.cr/index.php The Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce
     www.sangerardocostarica.com Volunteer Opportunities in Costa Rica
     http://www.costaricaaa.com/ English-Speaking Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings
     www.TheCostaRicaList.com The Costa Rica List
    
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CentralValleyLiving/?yguid=85504952 Discuss politics and finance affecting those living in Costa Rica or thinking of moving here.
     http://www.ice.co.cr/esp/temas/wcam/index.html Costa Rica TV live over the internet three stations available
    
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/escazunews/ THE ESCAZU NEWS is free, an informative news letter in Spanish and in English of the western area of
        San José, Costa Rica including Escazu, Santa Ana, Ciudad Colon, Rohrmoser and others With information of services as of plumbers, electricians,
        restaurants, general services, schools, tutors, from a personal view of its editor, also comes with the column of the Mayor of Escazu and of the
        city Hall of Santa Ana.


Costa Rica How to sites
     Map, showing Cosevi bldg. Driver´s License, La Uruca

Arts
     http://www.littletheatregroup.org/  Little Theatre Group - More information at www.crl-eboard.info/Entertainment.htm

Finance
     http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/costaricainvestmentgroup/
The Costa Rica Investment and Trading group is a discussion and idea board for Costa Rica
        residents, and interested parties. Our goal is the following: -Create a community of people in CR interested in following and exchanging ideas in regards to financial
        markets.


Blogs
     Costa Rica Blogger http://www.CostaRicaBlogger.com  A Real Life Blog on the Adventures of Visiting, Moving to and Living in Costa Rica
     http://www.doscolones.com/doscolones/ Life in San Jose, Costa Rica, comments on Spanish news articles and a little more... by Jon
DeHaai

Business
     ICE accepted GSM cell phones ICE pages Cell phones that are approved for use in Costa Rica
     TDMA accepted phones- ICE TDMA accepted phones and some providers

Education

Food
     Tesdelsol Gourmet Coffee -http://www.tesdelsol.com Gourmet, high-altitude, organic, shade grown, farmer friendly coffee project. Buy on-line.
     
http://www.costaricancocoa.com/index.html Coco Rica Coco Web Site
      Salsa Lizano links:
          
http://www.lizanosite.com/
          
http://www.amazon.com/Lizano-Salsa-Sauce-Oz-280ml/dp/B000CNTSVW
          
http://www.costaricastore.com/info.php?asin=B000CDQHQG
          
http://www.ticoshopping.com/?gclid=CIGZ2oGWuJECFQGRPAodSTPrCg

    
www.costaricanstore.com – Your US Costa Rican store
    
http://www.guiascostarica.com/recetas/recipes.htm Web site with Costa Rica Recipes
    
www.satyogainstitute.org
     EatingInCostaRica@yahoogroups.com 
     http://eating.therealcostarica.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Restaurant Reviews  TEMPORALLY OUT OF SERVICE
     http://www.runnerduck.com/coffee_maker.htm Instructions for constructing a Costa Rician Chorreeador de Café style coffee maker.

General Interest
     Language Tools This site has great translation tools as well as many research tools
     World statistics Covers crime, agriculture and more
     http://www.oanda.com/ Currency Converters

Provinces

Health

Guides and Tours
    
www.liveincostarica.com Christopher Howard's Web Site  Tours and information about living in Costa Rica
     www.costaricaretireonss.com  Retirement information and tours by George Lundquist.
    
www.empowermentaccess.com  www.consult-iidc.com  Transition coach for New Residents and Visitors -- Welcome New Residents and Visitors!

International Call Solutions
     http://www.magicJackCostaRica.com magicJack Costa Rica
     http://www.Skype.com Skype is a peer-to-peer VoIP voice, messenger and video software
       

Internet

     http://www.solucionesintermedia.com/ Web Design Costa Rica

Wi-Fi hot spots Here is a list of hot spots I have found. They are free unless otherwise indicated.
Il Panino - Centro Comercial Paco
Baglemans
Giacommi - Santa Ana Auto Mercado
Rock & Roll Pollo
La Guagua - Plaza Itkazu
Auto Spa (car wash) Esazu
Langostas - Plaza Rhomoser -- Provider is hotspotexpress must pay
Eiffel - Via Lindora -- Provider is hotspotexpress must pay
Sabor a Leńa - Country Plaza -- has two, one is hotspotexpress, the other is wide open, which may be unintentional.
Friday's in Escazu - HotSpot Express --jorge 4/9/2005

Insurance:
          
Garrett & Associates www.segurosgarrett.com English language insurance agency for all your CR insurance needs info@segurosgarrett.com 22-33-24-55
          
These URL's have been shortened to reduce the length.
        
http://tinyurl.com/5dkd4a  INS international medical policy update letter.
         INS medical, quotes and blurbs:
http://tinyurl.com/6hl7nn


Localities

Language tools
     http://www.itools.com/  This site has many links to many research tools as well as Thesauruses and Dictionaries.
     http://www.urc-chs.com/pdf/translationguide.pdf Guide to Spanish pronunciations.
     http://www.freetranslation.com/ One of many web sites that will translate from one language to another.
     http://www.WordMagicSoft.com Word Magic Translator software

 

Maps
    
www.fundecor-mapas.org/website/atlas/   Interactive complete country map with GPS info

News and Media


Real Estate

     www.greenmangosa.com    Puriscalal Real Estate Services
    
www.intertica.com    Putting together buyers and sellers of CR real estate
    
www.costaricatropicalparadiseproperties.com/  
    
http://compraventarecostarica.blogspot.com   
    
http://groups.google.com/group/compraventarecosta-rica     

Recreation and Sports


Religion and Spiritual Sites
     www.satyogainstitute.org    Yoga & meditation institute of Costa Rica


Science and Environment



Society and Culture


Travel and Tourism 
    
www.sidestep.com    The traveler's search engine
    
www.lapurajungla.com  Private Eco-Community located in Guanacaste
    
www.liveincostarica.com   and   www.retireincostarica.net    Christopher Howard's Relocation and Retirement Tours, Books
    
www.ticabus.com/ingles.php   Travel Central America in air conditioned, luxury buses
    
www.savethemanatee.com/   Explore Costa Rica, a comprehensive travel guide to Costa Rica
    
www.monteverdecostarica.info/  Famous Cloud Forest location
    
www.costaricaarttour.com   Costa Rican artists and artisans
    
www.fun-costa-rica-vacations.com/   Fun adventures
    
www.ticoadventures.com/   Costa Rica Travel and Eco Tours
    
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CostaRicaClassifieds/  
    
www.elsekientzlergarden.com/index.php   A Botanical Garden