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Grand Canyon
National Park is the United States' 15th oldest national park. Named a UNESCO
World Heritage Site in 1979, the park is located in Arizona. Grand Canyon
National Park was named as an official national park in 1919, but the landmark
had been well known to Americans for over thirty years prior. In 1903, President
Theodore Roosevelt visited the site and said: "The Grand Canyon fills me
with awe. It is beyond comparison, beyond description; absolutely unparalleled
throughout the wide world. Source
Equestrianism
more often known as riding, horseback riding (American English) or horse riding (British English) referring to the skill of riding,
driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses. This broad description
includes the use of horses for practical working purposes, transportation,
recreational activities, artistic or cultural exercises, and competitive sport. Source
Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. Costa Rica was sparsely inhabited by indigenous people before it came under Spanish rule in the 16th century. Once a poor and isolated colony, since becoming independent in the 19th century, Costa Rica has become one of the most stable, prosperous, and progressive nations in Latin America. It constitutionally abolished its army permanently in 1949, becoming the first and one of the few sovereign nations without a standing army. A constitutional republic, it is the only Latin American country to have been a democracy since 1950 or earlier. Costa Rica has consistently been among the top-ranking Latin American countries in the Human Development Index (HDI), placing 62nd in the world as of 2012. Source
