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South Pacific Costa Rica Travel Guide and Magazine #63

For Costa Ricans and foreigners alike: Ballena Tales is a travel guide and magazine that covers the South Pacific of Costa Rica with a special focus on Costa Ballena destination. The publication is completely bilingual, bi-monthly and in full color. The magazine introduces the reader to the life of the local community with articles on any topic that may interest you, be it wildlife, initiatives, and investments, people or places. You will find useful information such as tide tables, what to do, events, real estate, restaurants and hotels in the South Pacific of Costa Rica. Ballena Tales is very proud of her team of frequent writers and web and print collaborators, and her satisfied advertisers.

For Costa Ricans and foreigners alike: Ballena Tales is a travel guide and magazine that covers the South Pacific of Costa Rica with a special focus on Costa Ballena destination. The publication is completely bilingual, bi-monthly and in full color.
The magazine introduces the reader to the life of the local community with articles on any topic that may interest you, be it wildlife, initiatives, and investments, people or places. You will find useful information such as tide tables, what to do, events, real estate, restaurants and hotels in the South Pacific of Costa Rica. Ballena Tales is very proud of her team of frequent writers and web and print collaborators, and her satisfied advertisers.

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UVITA Y ALREDEDORES<br />

SEGURIDAD ~ SECURITY<br />

<strong>Costa</strong> Ballena segura<br />

El Pacífico Sur de <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Rica</strong> es un hermoso lugar para<br />

vivir. El área entre Dominical y Ojochal es especialmente<br />

atractiva para expatriados y muchas personas<br />

han hecho una gran mudanza hacia esta región. Aquí hay un<br />

sentido genuino de la conexión, como lo suele haber en una<br />

pequeña ciudad y la gente trabaja muy bien en una serie de<br />

proyectos locales y programas valiosos.<br />

En estos últimos cinco años con el creciente número de<br />

personas en esta área, la probabilidad de más crimen<br />

aumenta. Afortunadamente, se ha trabajado mucho con la<br />

ayuda de Fuerza Pública, la Municipalidad de Osa, SOMOS<br />

(www.somos.cr) y una red comunitaria sólida para combatir el<br />

crecimiento en los robos en viviendas, vehículos y en nuestras<br />

playas.<br />

Actualmente existe un programa de Patrulla SafeBeach con<br />

6 jóvenes capacitados que trabajan los fines de semana y las<br />

vacaciones en el Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, Playa Hermosa<br />

Sur y Dominicalito. Además, dos adultos patrullan la<br />

Safe <strong>Costa</strong> Ballena<br />

The <strong>South</strong>ern <strong>Pacific</strong> Zone of <strong>Costa</strong> <strong>Rica</strong> is a beautiful<br />

place to live. The area between Dominical <strong>and</strong> Ojochal<br />

is especially appealing to ex-pats <strong>and</strong> many people have<br />

made the big move to this region. There is a genuine sense of<br />

small town connectedness here <strong>and</strong> people work beautifully<br />

together on a number of local projects <strong>and</strong> worthy programs.<br />

With the growing number of people in this area, unfortunately<br />

the probability of more crime increases. Fortunately, much<br />

work has been done to decrease these crimes with the help<br />

of the police (Fuerza Publica,) the Osa Municipality, SOMOS<br />

(www.somos.cr) <strong>and</strong> a strong community network in order to<br />

prevent a rise in home <strong>and</strong> vehicle break-ins at our beaches.<br />

There is now in place a SafeBeach Patrol Program with 6 trained<br />

youths working weekends <strong>and</strong> holidays in Marino Ballena<br />

National Park, Playa Hermosa <strong>South</strong> <strong>and</strong> Dominicalito. In<br />

addition, two adults patrol the beach in the National Park every<br />

Por ~ by Beth Sylver<br />

playa en el Parque Nacional todos los días. Los salvavidas de<br />

Guardavidas <strong>Costa</strong> Ballena han entrenado a los participantes<br />

en técnicas básicas de rescate, cómo leer las condiciones del<br />

mar y cómo comunicarse con los asistentes a la playa para<br />

ayudar a prevenir el crimen. Además de SafeBeach, hay una<br />

aplicación de informes anónimos, llamada Ojos en la Calle,<br />

que permite a cualquier persona hacer un informe de incidente<br />

inmediato desde un teléfono inteligente. Con esta nueva<br />

aplicación, las autoridades pueden llegar más rápidamente a<br />

la escena y recopilar estadísticas más precisas que ayudan<br />

enormemente a recibir más recursos para esta área.<br />

Nuestros salvavidas continúan trabaj<strong>and</strong>o estrechamente con<br />

el programa SafeBeach y Fuerza Pública para mantener la<br />

comunidad lo más segura posible. Recuerde, es fácil apoyar<br />

el programa de salvavidas y sus esfuerzos a través de PayPal.<br />

Para hacer una donación o una contribución mensual favor<br />

acceder el enlace abajo mencionado. ¡Gracias! ■<br />

day. The Guardavidas <strong>Costa</strong> Ballena Lifeguards have trained<br />

the participants in the program in basic rescue techniques,<br />

how to read ocean conditions <strong>and</strong> how to communicate with<br />

beach goers to help prevent crime. In addition to SafeBeach,<br />

there is an anonymous reporting application, called Ojos en<br />

la Calle that allows anyone to make an immediate incident<br />

report from a smartphone. With this new application, the au<br />

thorities can arrive more quickly to the scene <strong>and</strong> gather more<br />

accurate statistics that help greatly to receive more resources<br />

for this area.<br />

Our Lifeguards continue to work closely with the SafeBeach<br />

Program <strong>and</strong> the Fuerza Publica to keep us all as safe as<br />

possible. Remember, it is easy to support the lifeguard<br />

program <strong>and</strong> these efforts through PayPal. For a donation or<br />

a monthly contribution see below. Thank you! ■<br />

VISIT: http://www.lifeguardscostaballena.com<br />

© ALL RIGHTS R ESER VED<br />

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B ALLENA TALES <strong>#63</strong> ~ 15 de diciembre 2018 / 14 de enero 2019

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