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North Coast Costa Rica

Veering from a manicured coast of plush golf resorts and posh surf spots, this region rears up into the less-visited vine-tangled crags of karst country, where landscapes seem positively prehistoric with yawning cave systems, mogotes (vegetated, steep-sided hillocks) and undulating spreads of forest.

Two Olive Ridley sea turtles crawl out onto the beach to lay eggs at the Ostional National Wildlife Refuge, Guanacaste Province, Ostional, Costa Rica.

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