Costa Rica

 Two days before the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Costa Rica, take out an old article.
Dinosaurs, volcanoes and Costa Rica Blue
U.S. director Steven Chow. Steven Spielberg's masterwork Lost World, The location is two stories are on the Central American country, Costa Rica Costa Rica: one in the lonely Pacific island of cocoa, the second in its Suona Er Island (I do not know whether the fictional island). but the audience will certainly noted as uninhabited paradise where the environment and tropical rain forest scenery. if it is inaccessible, the dinosaur was discovered early on; but for tropical rain forests, dinosaurs could not survive today; the lack of any of the conditions of Spielberg's story can not go on.
very coincidentally, has just seen the end of 1997, 8, training in learning this beautiful tropical country and study tours for two weeks. I found a small country of Costa Rica the United States, indeed, as depicted in the film as a small population and very well maintained tropical rain forests, plant and animal species and biological diversity prominent. No wonder the scene Spielberg will put the story here. He also inaccessible if the election while the dense forests of Siberia, we can only tell the story of a white bear.
Costa Rica is located between the Tropic of Cancer and the equator, while Qi laying the Caribbean is beautiful, the other side is the magnificent Pacific Ocean, an area of about fifty thousand square kilometers, about half of Jiangsu Province, considerable; has a population of three million (now more than 400 million are said to have had). from the latitude of view, this is a tropical countries, the capital of Saigon, Vietnam San Jose, San Jose and considerable latitude. But because the territory throughout the Cordillera Cordillera Mountains, the highest peak for the elevation of three thousand four hundred hundred meters of the Irazu volcano Volcan Irazu. for vertical climatic reasons, tropical Costa Rica , subtropical, warm to cold temperate variety of animal and plant distribution. The geographical pattern can be divided into three: the central highlands, the Pacific lowlands and the Caribbean lowlands. on both sides of the central heat and cool.
San Jose is located at the foot of the Central Valley, elevation A Qian Yumi, although summer without heat, pour just like Kunming, Yunnan, and pleasant weather. According to statistics, about thirty thousand Chinese living in this beautiful country, accounting for 1% of the population. It makes me very surprised. I deliberately read the telephone directory, Wang, Zhang, Chen, Li, Liu and other surname is indeed accounted for a large space. here in the country can often see bamboo bamboo grove, it was introduced, the initial transplant experts to Taiwan to promote the bamboo housing use. Eco-tourism is an important industry in Costa Rica, the internationally renowned. Perhaps because of this, Spielberg was selected Costa Rica. on the relationship between environment and development-oriented people who visit to Costa Rica is a rare opportunity; and For our group of students from the Republic of China, even more rare: because history and other reasons, the Costa Rican Embassy in Taipei, but not in Beijing.
As to Costa Rica in order to learn the CD on ecological protection policy and its lack of experience and the remaining of our times separately in terms of field trips, and from Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Japan, Nigeria, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, South Africa with students around the world to every corner of this small country: north border of Nicaragua, Panama border south and east Caribbean coast region, west to the Pacific coast. I am the way is north, the first water system over the Central Valley watershed and the Caribbean, and then from the two Yamaguchi kilometers all the way down, hot and humid lowlands to the Caribbean area. along the test tsabou La Leo. Carillo Braulio Carillo National Park, protected areas, tropical rain forest ecosystem in the Lasaierwa La Selva research station, and neighboring Nicaragua Salabiji Sarapiqui County US-owned banana plantations and Salabiji Rio Sarapiqui River eco-tourism situation, but also with local officials, the public, banana plantation workers and managers, environmental groups, and discussions were made refugees in Nicaragua. all the environmental awareness are very strong. Costa Ricans considered to be more a problem of the environment, I am afraid the problem is far from being in China. No wonder, Costa Rica, although the land area is small, it is the world's most famous eco-tourist destination, not only terrestrial ecosystems, rivers and marine ecology ecological value and are subject to care.
9 March 15th is Costa Rica's Independence Day (National Day), we arrive at the 14 county. In the evening, After the visit, leader of the environmental expert Jose. Mary. Lo Mr. Rodriguez Jose Maria Rodrigues recommended to busy to go back for dinner in the old town Puerto Viejo look at the night before the traditional students in the independent torch lantern parade. misty rain, the primary focus under the leadership of their parents to the center square, hand carrying all kinds of home-made lanterns. the national anthem played, with everyone singing, shiny red fire a picture of childish and lovely little face. followed by a girl speech. burst of fireworks, the students have filed out to leave the square, start the procession. lanterns lit up the countryside town team. I am very deep impression on a triangular lantern: three written in Spanish above the slogan: education, environment, science Educacion, Conservacion, Ciencia. children have such a sense of environmental protection No wonder the local people to organize themselves more to stop the poaching and illegal logging activities; even the deep pockets of banana plantations, the public image of the total, have begun to take the initiative to recycle plastic bags protect the bananas to prevent pollution of rivers and soil. Costa Rican government in the the environmental and development of this international training, and very seriously, has a number of ministers and former ministers, university presidents and the experts and scholars from related disciplines to make presentations. Finally, Jose. Mary. Figueres - Orr President Mori Jose Maria Figueres Olsen gave a report specifically to the spot to answer questions of national participants.
Costa Rica is indeed a tropical country. Beijing when selling Brazilwood rare ornamental plants, roadside edge of a farm everywhere, high enough to have three or four high. Some have leaves on insect bites was also full of holes. American Asian countries nickname is the number of bananas, only half is paid out in U.S. dollars (about four dollars) less. points to you, say good appearance, but also delicious. in the banana plantations of the packaging field, I witnessed a slight scar will not banana packaging, which was thrown into the truck sent as feed. As for the bananas washed off, simply to be dealt with when the garbage. Costa Ricans and even crude fiber paper with a banana peel, one of my notebooks, banana paper cover is do, the manufacturer specifically indicated this. Costa Rica is also rich in coffee and sugar cane, said to the London Commodity Exchange to offer coffee, Costa Rica has always been the best. about Colombian coffee ads common in China, Costa Rica, who has stated his BRITT Coffee is the best.
Costa Rica's national emblem, there are three volcanoes. In fact there are many volcanoes in this country, there are several still active volcano. Salabiji returned from San Jose on the road, we visited Shun thirty of the century Boaz's volcanic eruption there had Volcan Poas. climbers crossing a sign on end: This is an active volcano, the crater to those who own risk. down the mountain when I noticed this sign. This is nothing more than a shield, if true touch out of a volcanic eruption on human life, is not responsible for the management: we had already made it clear beforehand. braved the wind and rain, we came to the crater, top heavy rain clouds. Thanks to the wind, clouds from time to time put aside to allow two hundred meters under the crater exposed before our eyes. This is the first time I saw the volcano.
disaster in the United States shortly before the film . Here, the eighty-degree cliff scorch marks everywhere, wind-borne heavy smell of sulfur, people have Gupang Bei City residents face are really worried about volcanic eruptions. vent is now a small lake, but the shore at several places In the steaming, indicating that there are underground magma activity. down the road, I noticed little muddy roadside sediment flow. and then take a closer look, the original surface soil have been the last volcanic eruption baked lumps of Brick. Of course, the vegetation is also an important reason for good. Volcanic activity is double-edged sword, both caused by the destruction, but also to promote the fertility of the land. because the ash is a good fertilizer. this recall, Mr. Rodriguez has repeatedly talked about why the Central Valley is very fertile , Boaz volcanic slopes of the land is very expensive, both farms, or when the homestead. volcanic eruptions are not uncommon around here. Some paintings reflect a picture: the distance of the volcano and the black smoke , only the sorts of boring human busy leaned in the window, housewives and children are still busy, playing with, even without looking up lift of. I spent 11 dollars to buy a souvenir piece of 16X40 cm.
really enjoy the volcano of the profits, but also a September 10 the day arrived in Costa Rica. In the afternoon all right, we have a line rental straight away Volcan Arenal Volcano Arenal. This is the most famous active volcano in Costa Rica, tapered appearance is correct, the same as Japan's Mount Fuji. cloudy, we can not see the summit crater. So we at the foot of the Ta Bagong Tabacon hot spring for more than two hours. outflow of water from the Mid-slope, to the mountain feet and 40 degrees. coincides with the rains, I hid the body under water, let the cold rain on his head. from time to time submerged, the water to listen to a rushing noise, quite wild. next also has two swimming pools into hot water. do not want to feel natural in the water the river people can go to the pool bubble. I'm back and forth several times on both sides. from Beijing via Los Angeles to Costa Rica 18 hours of sailing, more than 30 hours The journey brought sleepless fatigue, thus eliminating most of them. This is our wake up the next morning was felt. did not see the true face of the volcano Arenal, but it impressed he bought a piece of marked pattern of Arenal volcano T-shirts, as to the country's commemoration of the volcano.
stained with Spanish-speaking point of light, and in the Cariari Hotel in Carriacou artist gallery exhibition Kazakhstan Virginia. Montero Javier Montero met, parting, he gave me a small picture in the leather on the Arenal volcano map to multi-level volcanic red and orange paint, with varying shades of green paint fields. The painting, from time to time I recall the scenery and tropical landscape of Costa Rica, where the people towards the Chinese people's feelings.
development of western China reported October 30, 1997 Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, December 29, 1997
China and Costa Rica in June 2007 established diplomatic relations in September 1997 I stayed for two weeks in Costa Rica, just ten years the year 1999 in October, the Rockefeller Foundation LEAD seventh international environmental training program trainees to the world in Beijing, China , Xi'an and Yan'an international training, we Sixth College as an auxiliary service personnel attended the event. I also saw Jose again. Mary. Figueres - Mr. Olsen, as has been retired by the Costa Rica former president, he also went to Beijing to attend the event. estimated that he must be interested to know the mainland side of the Taiwan Strait how did the construction and development of the same thing. For then, Costa Rica also with Taiwan to maintain a ;.
In addition, the current president OSCAR ARIAS SANCHEZ is a Nobel Peace Prize winner, he is also the former president. Costa Rica has no army, the military can be saved as social spending. Costa Rica is the most stable countries in Central America, and other neighboring countries often the coup, the country basically no.'s living standards are the highest in Central America.