Costa Rica - Culture Smart! : The essential guide to customs and Culture

by KOUTNIK, JANE

• ISBN13: 9781857333244
• ISBN10: 1857333241
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-09-05
• Publisher: Kuperard

Summary

The best-selling Culture Smart! series continues where other guides leave off. Whether you are travelling on business or pleasure, long-term or short, Culture Smart! is your pocket-sized cultural roadmap that never goes out of date. Providing essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behaviour in different countries, these concise guides enable you to steer clear of embarrassing mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and arrive at your destination with local knowledge on what to expect and how to behave. Culture Smart! has become as essential as remembering to pack your passport. Be a responsible traveller with Culture Smart!, the smarter way to travel.

Author Biography

JANE KOUTNIK is a teacher, translator, writer, and craft jeweler who has lived in Costa Rica for nearly thirty years. After graduating in Philosophy and English from the University of California at San Diego, she traveled to Costa Rica, fell in love with the country, and decided to call it home. Over the years she has worked for mutual English—Spanish understanding in her local rural community, and has contributed to several guidebooks and tourist magazines. Her passion for the environment has led to intensive time and energy dedicated to conservation, working with the government, the local community, and environmental groups.