COSTA RICA ADVENTURES XVII

A New Language, a New Life

The Gateway to La Pura Vida

Sunset behind clouded ridge. Photo by Author

When I first arrived in Costa Rica to become a permanent resident, I stayed for a while in a gringa friend’s cabina not far from town. My household goods had been loaded into a shipping container and were on their way from Washington state to Uvita, a beach town about 30 minutes drive away from San…