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Insight Costa Rica
In the Pura Vida Hotel
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Tel: 011-506-2430-2929
Fax: 011-506-2430-2630
EMAIL us at:
InsightCostaRica
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An Insight into Siquirres
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| "From La Colina" |
This town is 49 km north west of Limon with big banana plantations. The
town is near of the Rio Reventazon and the Rio Pacuare (famous with
white-water rafters). There is an interesting essay (thanks to Sharon)
here: www.bjmjr.com/afromestizo/costa_rica.htm dealing with the nature of
this part of Costa Rica. In the Guapiles/Siquirres area, and, in fact the
area around Limon, mention is often made of the "European" or "white"
characterization of Costa Rica, and is widely accepted.
A review of
history before the San Jose-Limon Railroad, with the importation of
Jamaican laborers, seems to show that there were "Afromestizo" people
living in the southwest and west (Guanacaste) of Costa Rica from the
mid-1560s on. Many were brought into Costa Rica as slaves and some
migrated south from Nicaragua and North from Panama and LATER moved to the
Caribbean coast to settle among the Jamaican black population.
If you'd like to visit Siquirres email us at:
InsightCostaRica for information or ideas?
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