If you come to Costa Rica, there is one place you should not miss, even if you come for surfing only: the butterfly farm not far away from San José.

You can get a lot of butterflies to see, in all states of development. You don’t have to be a fan of butterlies to come to this place. This is a part of Costa Rica and tells you a lot about the country. You will see it when you come close to the area and understand.

Link: www.butterflyfarm.co.cr
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Ever heared about such animals? Well, in Costa Rica, there are some. Read more about them here… 

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A nice article about the yearly great turtle race - the migration of 11 leatherback turtles - can be found at Jaded Thea.

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I collected some stories for you from different sites and travel reports about Costa Rica in the last months of this blog. A new one is about a High School class from Beloit to pass spring break in the heart of Costa Rica. It was an educational programm, but fun was not excluded.

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Costa Rica is great, not only for surfers. And we receive mails from our guests how incredible the trip to Costa Rica was. And we read stories, telling the same. As we believe that every travel will give you something back, someones think it’s Costa Rica who changed their lives. Here some stories:

• What’s so great about Costa Rica?
• School trip as life-changer
• Facing fears at jungle zip

We’re open to hear your story about travel, surf and Costa Rica. What do you think?

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Traveler Nicole Beckley from San Francisco went to Costa Rica for some adventure and to see an active volcano. And she brought back a ton of memories; she shared some with the San Francisco Chronicle:

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A short, but comprehensive article from “it’s all about coffee” gives us interesting information about coffee from Costa Rica - a national treasury.

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Another national park in the Guanacanste provine is Palo Verde.
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Beside surfing, Costa Rica is an El Dorado for mountain bikers. Not a bad idea, if you want to explore the country from the saddle.

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The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) say that in 2005 there were 436.000 discharges. This is about 1.100 lightnings per day.
No surprise, 70% of the electrical service failures are due to the lightning strikes. Also, 15 people died from lightning strikes in the last two years.
Lightnings occur also during the dry season, but are more often in the wet season. The report says that the most intense day time for lightning is around 6.00 pm.

Another interesting point is the geographical allocation of lightning discharges: the coast between Quepos and Puntarenas shows the most intense lightning activity, followed by the Nicoya Peninsula and Los Cerros de Aguacate.
Under the Zopilote Surf Camp roof, we enjoy this shows at the ocean almost every second night.

(via Inside Costa Rica)
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