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Paving Starting On Costa Rica’s Coastal Highway From Quepos to Dominical

After 20 years the road is finally being paved

A picture is worth a thousand words. The photos are taken just a couple of days ago of a very tiny portion of the newly-paved 44 km (27 mile) stretch of the Costa Rica's coastal highway (Costañera Sur) leading south from Quepos to Dominical. It's been a long time coming, but at last this major public works project is not only well underway, but about 75% completed. Some of the major and … [Read more...]

Brief History of Quepos, Costa Rica

Getting in and out of Quepos can be a little scary, this is the bridge one has to cross. View video link to get more of an eye full

Quepos is known for, a place where the rainforest meets the sea, and is on a tropical inlet about halfway down Costa Rica's Pacific coast on the Puntarenas Province. The town gets its name from the Quepo Indian tribe, a subgroup of the Borucas, who inhabited the area at the time of the conquest. As a result of diseases brought by Europeans, warfare and other Indian groups, and slavery, there … [Read more...]