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A
Aborigines, 23
Addresses, 67
Adjusting 47, 55, 73
African oil palm, 27
Aleman, Arnoldo, 22
Amish, 37
Anti-aging formula, 133
Arias Sanchez, Oscar, 18
Asociación Costarricense de Gimnasia, 52
Atlantic Lowland, 24, 29, 75
B
Banana cultivation, 29, 137, 151
Bartorelli, Gaston, 40
Behaving in Costa Rica, 71
Biesanz, Mavis, 15, 33, 148
Bilingualism in Costa Rica, 84, 118, 139
Bird watching, 53
Bolsa de Valores, 34
Bowling, 50, 53
Bribri, 23
Burica Point, 5
Business Environment 114
Business Opportunities, 103
Business Success Stories, 106
C
Cable TV, 56
Caño Negro, 53
Camelot, 15
Canicula, 74
Cape Santa Elena, 5
Calderón Guardia, Rafael A., 22
Cars, 69
Cartago, 24
Castro Madriz, 30
Catalans, 24
Catholicism, 16, 154
Catholic Church, 23
Cemeteries, 90
Centenarians, 85, 147
Central American Parliament, 34
Central Intermountain Valley, 58, 74, 78, 80
Cerdas, Rodolfo,16
Coffee growing, 29, 81, 137
Chinese, 24
Chirripó, 5
Churches, 128
Citizen's Protection Decree, 36
Ciudad Colón, 18, 23, 35, 77, 94
Clothing, 63
Clubs, 130
Climate, 74
Cocos Island, 5
Colombians, 28
Colonial history, 136
Colorado River, 5
Columbus, Christopher, 23
Constitutional Court, 19, 28
Conte Burica, 23
Cost of living, 58
Coto Brus, 40
Country living, 77, 80
Credit cards, 122
Culebra Bay, 17
Culture shock, 45
D
Dancing, 51
Death penalty, 18
Directions, 67
Dobles, Fabian, 93
DNA, 32
Driving, 69
Dyer, Dery, Elizabeth, Richard, 56
Dying in Costa Rica, 89
E
Eating out, 64
Echeverría Morales Guillermo, 137
Education, compulsory, 19
Electricity, 121
El Financiero, 57
Emergency calls, 87
Enterprises by expatriates,105
F
Farming by colonists, 137
Felonies, 144
Ferias del Agricultor, 61
Fishing, 53
Food, 60
Friendliness, 30
Fruits, 61
Funeral services, 89
G
Gallardo Volio, Rosa, 29
Garza Bay, 17
Germans, 29
Golfito, 29
Golf, 53
Grecia, 53
Guanacaste, 24, 39
Guardia, Tomás, 18
Guatuso, 23
Guaymis, 23
H
Health services, 84
Hobbies, 48
Holidays, 125
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 49
Hopkins, Robert, 42
Hospitals, 87
Housing, 59
Human Rights Court, 18
I
Idiomatic expressions, 142
Individualism, 37
Insurance, 134
International Court of Justice, 18
Irazú Volcano, 76
J
Jamaican, 25
Japanese, 26
Jews, 27
Jiménez, Ricardo, 22, 30
K
Keith, Minor, 24
Korean war, 42
L
La Nación, daily, 36, 56
La Prensa Libre, 143
La República, 56
Lascaris, Constantino, 33
Latin America, 14, 18
Lebanese, 27
Lee, Everett, 42
Legislative Assembly, 19
Lewis, Charles and Betty, 46
Liberia, 39
Limón, 5
Living, 9
Lundberg, Donald, 31
M
Maids, 28
Malekus, 23
Map of Costa Rica, 6
McGrath, William, 39
Medical centers, 87
Misa de tropa, 30
Money 120
Monge, Luis Alberto, 18
Monteverde, 38
Motels, 99
N
Naranjo, 53
National anthem, 22
National Geographic, 15
National Institute of Statistics, 32
National Park, 37
National Symphony, 51
Negroes, 24, 151
Nicaraguans, 28
Nicoya, 17
Nobel Peace Prize, 18
O
Oberg, Kalervo, 46
Odio, Elizabeth, 18
Oduber, Daniel, 17
Office hours, 123
Optimism and health link, 131
Orosi Valley, 53
P
Pacheco, Abel, 19, 31
Pacific Coast, 17
Panama, 22
Papagayo, 17
Pearl Harbour, 20
Permits for operating a business 104
Playas del Coco, 46
Pope John Paul II, 20
Postal service, 122
Procrastinators, 35
Pojol, Jordi, 24
Puntarenas, 5, 25
Puriscal, 81
Q
Quakers, 38
Quiribí, 23
R
Real estate, 14, 59
Religion, 128
Rockwell Cecil, 38
Rodríguez, Julio, 36
Romance, 99
Romero, Sor María. 23
Rorstads, 31, 45
S
Sabana Park, 51
Sanatorium, 76
San Carlos, 35
Sansonetti, Vito, 40
Santa María de Dota, 53
Security and safety, 91
Sex, 100
Shangri-La, 38
Siquirres, 25
Soccer 54
Social clubs, 51
Social Security, 84
Solera, Jaime, 33
Somoza, General, 22
Stark, Mitzi, 69
Stanley, PauI, G., 32
Stevens Point Wisconsin 29
Suburban living, 77
Sunday Mass, 30
Supermarkets, 61
Support groups, 128
T
Talamanca , 23
Taxes, 121
Taxis, 123
Teatro Nacional, 51
Temperatures, 75
Tempisque River, 35
Tennis, 53
Theft , 92
Thievery experience, 95
Ticos, 30
Tico Times, 14, 56 69
Tips for newcomers, 120
Tourism, 15
Traffic, 68
Tronadora, 39
Twentieth Century Fund, 14
U
Ulate, Blanco, OtiIio, 37
United Fruit Company, 29
Universities, 19
Urban living, 77
Uribe, Enrique, 62
V
Veranillo de San Juan, 74
W
Weather, 74
WoItering, Dennis, 14
World Trade Center, 11
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