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Guanacaste’s celebrations are coming up, exciting dates for this side of the country; full of traditional activities, typical music and folklore dancing.

Up coming for the week of January 15th we have lots of festivities in Santa Cruz, typical Costa Rican rural town, where people gather to celebrate with typical music, folkloric dancing and bullfighting to honor the Black Christ of Esquipulas. Since 1926 it’s celebrated in commemoration of their catholic religion when Christ suffered before being

Los aficionados a la cerveza la conocen de sobra. Múnich, dejemos las cosas claras desde el principio, es un poco borracha. Ríos y ríos de auténtica espuma alemana corren cada año a finales de septiembre por la ciudad. ¿Por qué? Por el Oktoberfest, que homenajea a esta bebida convertida en símbolo nacional y al que acuden millones de personas de toda Europa y parte del mundo en peregrinación. Pero la capital de Baviera ofrece más encantos que el etílico: según un estudio de 2009, es la ciudad al

These are some of the most joyous (and exhausting) weeks of the year in various parts of the world, from Venice to Port of Spain and New Orleans to Rio de Janeiro.  But being as fond as I am of the Dominican Republic , I’ve got a soft spot for the pre-Lenten Carnaval celebrations down here – especially because unlike in many other places, here the party starts today and keeps poppin’ every Sunday in February in various towns and cities such as Santiago, La Vega (considered the country's best), a