Apart from the fact that we are all getting pretty excited because the CARRERA CHIRRIPÓ (Chirripó Race) is just around the corner: February 25th, there have been some special things happening in San Gerardo recently: • El Descanso Hotel has recently opened a new service for their clients and visitors to San Gerardo. A sauna [...]

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Al final aquí hay los detalles para la Carrera Chirripó este ano – 2012. La fecha de la carrera es sábado el 25 de febrero, empezando como siempre a las 7 am. El programa de los eventos para la fiesta Chirripó esta viene muy pronto. Por favor chequear a www.carrerachirripo.com y aquí para más información [...]

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It’s that time of year! You’re back from vacations and it’s time to plan the year ahead. And we’re wondering if volunteering might be in your plans… Here at Proyecto San Gerardo we’re busy doing the same – planning for next year and the busiest teaching/volunteering season that happens in January – May every year. [...]

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Welcome to a great new addition to San Gerardo: Café Bambú. The bakery/pizzeria opened on Easter Sunday and serves up dishes to please early risers as well as visitors later in the day. We sampled the delicious banana nut muffins along with a cappuccino and noted the total price was just over 1,000 colones ($2) [...]

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The area that is today San Gerardo was first inhabited by native Costa Rican populations – namely Cabecar and Bribri Indians. Their art work and tools can still be found occasionally in the valley although as a community they left in the 1930’s when the first white settlers arrived and cleared the land for coffee [...]

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If you are one of the hundreds of athletes interested in running the Carrera Chirripo this year on February 26th then you will want to know about Registration details. To register for the Carrera Chirripo you must attend one of the following locations on Saturday January 22nd: • San Jose: Tienda la Gloria, Avenida Central, [...]

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Well at last everyone is saying ‘it smells like Christmas’! As I think I said last year I can’t relate to this as I’m looking for snow and jingle bells, but I can relate to the glorious long sunny afternoons and the promise of summer! The migratory birds have returned, the first of the coffee [...]

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Community minded veterinarian hosts free spay/neuter clinic in Chirripó region. Carla Crocker loves animals and for years she has rescued dogs off San Jose’s streets and given them food and shelter. Right now she has seven dogs at her place, and a rabbit! In order to save the many cats and dogs let loose in [...]

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Consiste en un recorrido en bicicleta cerca de la montaña más alta de Costa Rica, El Chirripó. Es una total aventura para el deportista que enfrentará un terreno difícil, donde la mayor satisfacción será convencerse de todo el potencial que tiene dentro de sí mismo. Sumado al privilegio de disfrutar de hermosos paisajes y riqueza [...]

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I’ve been here a year and a half now and I realize I’ve joined the local ranks of “small ventures with big hearts” – an irresistible state of being for those of us scratching a living in rural Costa Rica. In my case it went like this: last year we had this brilliant idea of [...]

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