Good afternoon, Claire, and a hearty welcome to Go-Lo! It's great to have you with us -- and we think you'll find our site productive as well as interesting and enjoyable.

To get the most out of Go-Lo, you may want to also take a few minutes to join several of our many groups which you might find of particular interest, such as Media Only, Travel Agents, Costa Rica, Eating/Drinking the World, Adventure Travel, Eco/Sustainable Tourism, Family Travel, Panama, Splurges Extraordinaire, our Spanish Language/Culture Club, and various others covering many topics and most other destinations throughout Central America and the rest of the world.

FYI, on your profile you'll see a blue bar marked "Text Box," which you can turn into a box containing not just text but also photos and even videos about yourself, your interests, and your outlets and agency (please feel free to name the agency and provide the URL, which will help both you and our other members).

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, colleagues, and clients. It's fast and easy to use our "INVITE" function above left on the navigation bar to enter e-mails (even your whole list at once!). And if you can cover us in any of your outlets, we would of course be most grateful!

We wish you the best of luck over the rest of 2009 and beyond, both personally and professionally, and look forward to hearing much more from you...pura vida!