http://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/blog/2010/01/13/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-costa-rica/ Connecting the World Through Travel Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/blog/2010/01/13/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Evan Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:04:05 +0000 http://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/blog/?p=4339#comment-1202 I would like to add a few more interesting things about Costa Rica. I live here and am married to a Costa Rican woman. Costa Ricans call themselves Ticos or Ticas. Thus, I married a Tica. In the central american region, Costa Ricans are very mestizo. This is Spanish and Indian blood mixed. Thus, most Costa Ricans just consider themselves ethnically to be white. About 10% of the population falls into the mullato or black of African Descent ethnicity. There is also a growing Chinese population due to recent changes in relations with mainland China. There is also a small jewish population who came to Costa Rica from Spain to avoid the Inquisition centuries ago.

]]> http://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/blog/2010/01/13/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Steve Melcher Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:16:10 +0000 http://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/blog/?p=4339#comment-112 Are there any bird friendly (BF certified) coffee plantations in Costa Rica? You mentioned bird friendly coffee in the article about Costa Rica…but I don’t know of any. I would like to support such a plantation if there were one.

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