Recently a Nicaraguan military commander invaded a Costa Rican territory and ordered troops to take down a Costa Rican flag and replace it with Nicaragua’s. He went through all this trouble because of an error on Google Maps.
Two years ago I told you about Bellavista, the stunning treehouse community in Costa Rica’s forests that looks like the Ewoks’ village in Endor. They just upgraded it with 7.2mbps 3G access, and now they run 100 per cent on solar power.