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GOLFITO A PARADISE IN COSTA RICA

Por Tony Franco The port town of Golfito  is located in Puntarenas a province on the southern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, near the border of Panama.  The town lies on a narrow strip of land between the eponymous bay and a hill and consist of two parts, the town proper and shopping area to the south, and a residential area near the port. Still further north are the duty-free zone and an airstrip.  From the northern section, which was the old United Fruit Company headquarters, trails go up to the Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Golfito (Golfito Wildlife Refuge) on the hill, which extends across to the other side of the bay and is part of the National Parks of Costa Rica.  African palm oil plantations today have replaced all the old banana plantations and, due to its success, more and more land is devoted to grow this palm. A small flow of tourists began to arrive in the mid 1990s, and by mid 2006 sport fishing has become the most important tourist attraction. The Duty Fr

THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL JACKSON PLANS GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATRE HAND & FOOTPRINT CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE KING OF POP ON JANUARY 26

THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL JACKSON PLANS GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATRE HAND & FOOTPRINT CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE KING OF POP, JANUARY 26, 2012 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD EVENT WITH JACKSON’S CHILDREN, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL & MORE WILL BE STREAMED LIVE VIA TWITTER @michaeljackson The Estate of Michael Jackson announced today that Michael Jackson will be immortalized in a hand and foot print ceremony at Hollywood’s legendary Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on January 26, 2012, starting at 11:00am, in a giant celebration of the Legacy of the King of Pop and the Los Angeles debut of Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour , the critically acclaimed Cirque du Soleil production and top grossing tour in the United States, according to Pollstar. The Estate will be joined by Michael Jackson’s three children, Prince, Paris and “Blanket” who will use their father’s sequined glove and shoes to make impressions in the cement in the famous forecourt of the theatre as family, friends and fans celebrate t