Links for Information about Costa Rica and Places on the Elizabethtown College Spring Break 2008 Trip to Costa Rica

    It is quite easy to find links to accurate information on Costa Rica by searching through the General Resources for all Countries and Latin America pages of the WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources. This focused manner of searching will yield numerous high-quality sources more efficiently than going through a standard search engine. You can get live radio from Costa Rica on the Internet through the International Radio and Television Broadcasts page.

Maps of Costa Rica are available online from Encarta, maptak.com (printable, in PDF), Costa Rica's TravelNet, the Foreign Policy Association, MapQuest, and through the map links at Embassy World.

Biodiversity Hotspots-- From Conservation International, fine maps, photos, and analysis of the "25 richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth," including the Mesoamerica region that includes Costa Rica.

CIA World Factbook-- Costa Rica-- Entry for Costa Rica from the highly-regarded annual factbook done by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Costa Rica Reference Desk--  Links from the Latin American Information Center, University of Texas.

Costa Rica's Embassy in Washington, D.C.-- General information and news about Costa Rica.

Country Profile: Costa Rica-- From the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Google Costa Rica (English)-- English language search engine for Costa Rica.

Google Directory for Costa Rica-- Annotated links to Web sites about Costa Rica.

Health Information for Travelers to Costa Rica-- From the U.S. government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, information on health conditions and advice on travel precautions for the country.

Insidecostarica.com-- Daily online news magazine in English about Costa Rica.

LET'S Go Travel Guide Discover Costa Rica-- Good information, tips, pictures on Costa Rica from a major travel guide.

Lonely Planet travel handbooks-- Good information, tips, pictures on Costa Rica from a major travel guide.

New York Times Travel Guide Section on Costa Rica-- Good source for information and tips.

Tico Times-- "Central America's leading English-language newspaper, covering news, business, tourism and cultural developments in Costa Rica and Central America."

U.S. Department of State Background Note, Costa Rica-- Most recent general country information.

U.S. Department of State Consular Information Sheet, Costa Rica-- Most recent travel-related information for Costa Rica.

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, Costa Rica, 2006-- Part of the annual global human rights report submitted to the U.S. Congress.

U.S. Embassy, San José-- Information on United States-Costa Rica relations, country facts, and links to Costa Rican sites.

Washington Post Costa Rica Page-- News, reference, weather, links for Costa Rica.

Yahoo Directory for Costa Rica-- Annotated links to Web sites about Costa Rica.