Costa Rica

San Jose, Costa Rica

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A keel-billed toucan.

Riders in the storm

The ultimate cross-country challenge takes Lance Richardson on a two-wheel adventure from the Pacific to the Caribbean.

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Sloth sanctuary

Cute overload: the sloth sanctuary

Life is sweet once the gates open at Costa Rica's sloth sanctuary, one of few in the world specialising in the study of these famously sedentary and solitary mammals.

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Spa

Cool, calm and corrected

It seems nothing is too out there in global spas devoted to your relaxation, writes Rachael Oakes-Ash.

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