Do you know the way to San Jose?
Mike Van Treese does, because that’s where he’s heading after time spent in Costa Rica!
His post entitled Back to San Jose serves as a summary of his travels in Costa Rica, taking some time to reflect on his travels, be it zipping through the tree-tops of Monteverde Cloud Forest or witnessing ‘tons’ of crocs beneath a bridge while heading to the port city of Quepos on the Pacific coast. But, what the trip came down to was phrase the Costa Rican’s are keen to say, ‘pura vida’, which translates as ‘pure life’. However there’s a little more to it than that:
“After over a week in Costa Rica, I finally understood what “Pura Vida” meant. I stopped worrying about “the schedule,” or the fact that breakfast takes almost an hour. I now have no problems stopping what I’m doing, and just enjoying the company I’m with, and the moment that I’m in, and the fact that I’m alive.”
Any trip that gets you feeling that, and ends with the opportunity to quote Burt Bacharach lyrics, can only be one thing – all good.
