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Guanacaste is Costa Rica's driest region.  The Central Mountains cast a rain shadow that creates a landscape quite different from the rain forests.  This is Costa Rica's "Wild West," a land populated with cattle and cowboys (sabaneros).  We drove high into the hills near Parque Nacional Ricon de la Vieja to reach the hacienda, Buena Vista Lodge.

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