On Oct. 17, 2003, a 65-year-old wooden bridge over the river at La Paz Waterfall collapsed under the weight of a poultry truck. Officials replaced the historic bridge with a Bailey bridge – one of ...

A surfer, Banks had visited Costa Rica numerous times before deciding to open La Paz. He said he would visit the country’s other waterfalls, like at Arenal, but always thought the paths to them were ...

On a world map, Costa Rica is the country directly north of Panama and south of Nicaragua. It is located in Central America and has an extensive Pacific and Caribbean coast.