What does life in Costa Rica actually feel like at 6:15 AM on a Tuesday morning? Explore the history, neighborly etiquette, ferias, and daily routines behind the phrase "Pura Vida."
Spend forty-eight hours in Costa Rica and you will hear 'Pura Vida' a dozen times. Live here for a decade and you realize it isn't a tourism slogan at all—it is a social contract.
Vacation brochures only show Saturday afternoon on a catamaran. If you want to know whether you would love living or owning a home base in Playas del Coco, look at what Tuesday morning at 6:15 AM feels like.
Just 25 minutes from Guanacaste International Airport (LIR), Playas del Coco pairs a sheltered 3-kilometer bay with the strongest everyday infrastructure on Costa Rica's north Pacific coast.
How do you pay the gardener, keep your Zoom calls online during a tropical thunderstorm, buy a car, and shop for groceries? Here is the practical playbook for everyday life in Costa Rica.