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The Sunsets of Costa Rica: An Even Greater Phenomenon than Aurora Borealis

December 17, 2015
I’m not discrediting the Northern Lights. If you are like me, seeing the Aurora Borealis, a collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth’s atmosphere, is on your Bucket List. However, I don’t believe the Northern Lights will have anything on the sunsets of Costa Rica. There are 5 specific re…
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Wildlife Author Carrol L Henderson meets with Nick Halverson

July 24, 2015
Earlier this week, Las Villas de San Buenas CEO, Nick Halverson, met with Carrol L Henderson, to exchange Nick Halverson (L) and Carrol L Henderson enjoyed meeting and discussing Costa Rica earlier this week. their experience…

Donation to LILA Non-Profit Organization

April 27, 2015
Donation to LILA Non-profit For the 5th year in a row, Las Villas de San Buenas donated a week of Casa Lapas to Lakes International Language Academy (LILA) foundation. Casa Lapas generated over $2,500 for the non-profit organization with 100% of the funds going directly to LILA. (c) Nick Halverson electric. NOTE: I used the photo editing app Snapseed to adjust the coloring. If you enjoy taking phot…
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Our Beautiful New Rancho

March 6, 2015
We’ve been busy the last month here in Las Villas de San Buenas. We’ve added some new roads, fixed up some of the old ones, added a few more ocean view lots (more on that later) and built a beautiful new rancho. First, a little background information. A rancho, or ranchito, is an outdoor structu…

Costa Rica is the Happiest Country in the World…again

February 14, 2015
Costa Rica is the Happiest Country in the World Costa Rica has once again been judged to be the “Happiest Country in the World” by the Happy Planet Index. The rankings are based on the following three components, and each is given a traffic-light score based on thresholds for good (green), middli…

Costa Rica Most Popular National Parks

February 13, 2015
Costa Rica Most Popular National Parks There are currently 50 national parks in Costa Rica, spread across the country, on both coasts and are varying in type as in the number of national parks. Some have volcanoes, others mountain peaks,  while many are located on the coasts housing amazing wildl…

Diquís spheres to be declared UNESCO World Heritage site

July 11, 2014
Diquís spheres to be declared UNESCO World Heritage site — The Tico Times. Pre-Columbian spheres of Costa Rica Finca 6 in Palmar Norte is one of the four archeological sites in the Osa municipality in Costa Rica’s south Pacific that will be added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The de…

Costa Rica is Home to Top 5 Best Global Medical Care

July 7, 2014
These 5 Countries Provide The Best Health Care In The World | InternationalLiving.com. Best Healthcare in the World InternationalLiving.com’s annual Global Retirement Index reports that France, Uruguay and Malaysia provide the best and most affordable health care in the world. The Health Care cat…

Double Rainbow Photographed from Casa Lapas

June 23, 2014
This beautiful double rainbow was photographed behind Casa Lapas. For more information about renting this home click here. After a rain, it is not unusual to see a rainbow from the home – but this was the first time we had seen a double rainbow so close. Pura vida!
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Mr Halverson Goes to San Jose to Visit the Costa Rica Congress

June 22, 2014
Last week my project manager, Hanz Cruz, and I spent an afternoon in San Jose where we Las Villas de San Buenas Project Manager Hanz Cruz, and CEO Nick Halverson meet with Deputada Rosibel Ramos Madrigal at the Costa Rica Congress.[/ca…

“Pura Vida” Is The Mantra Of Costa Rica & Translates to “Pure Life”

November 27, 2012
Pura Vida My daughter enjoying a walk down the stream in Las Villas de San Buenas enjoying the feeling of Pura Vida. If you would like more information about this beautiful and inspiring place in Costa Rica’s beautiful Osa region, please fill out the contact information to the right. We look forw…
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