Good Weekend dream destinations: Central and South America
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Good Weekend dream destinations: Central and South America
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Beginning of the journey in San José, the capital of Costa Rica, a young town.We meet Christian Madriz, a chef who prepares dishes with very fresh fishes and vegetables from his own garden.Then we travel to the Osa peninsula: at a river we meet gold diggers and later a herbalist who shows us some medicinal herbs of the forest (turmeric): in the forest we can see some brown-throated sloths.Then we travel to the Corcovado National Park, an important primary forest with big trees, reptiles and many waterfalls.At the eastern coast of the Osa peninsula we meet Ngobe Indians: to enter in the village the visitor must be purified by smoke.The Chief of the family, Mariano knows about medicinal herbs and speaks about the importance of corn (beverage, tortillas).We return to Cartago whose cathedral has been destroyed by an earthquake and since 1924 they have a new cathedral dedicated to the Black Virgin.Then then travel to the Atlantic Coast: Puerto Limón and Puerto Viejo de R¿Talamanca; place