Today, Thursday, we are in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. I believe that it is the 3rd time that we've visited here. The first time was in 2016 which was memorable for a reason that I'll explain later. Two years ago when we were here, we took a wildlife excursion. This time, we decided to just go for a walk along the street parallel to the beach.
It was a hot day out there but we managed to walk for about 45 minutes almost to the end of the road where the reward was our own little wildlife viewing.
Costa Rica's slogan is Pura Vida which captures their positive and relaxed attitude towards life. I guess that it's the slogan of the day. So much so that I had to buy a hat to replace the Pura Vida shirt that I bought the first time we were in Costa Rica maybe 18 years ago.
So now you may be asking yourself what made the 2016 visit so memorable. Well, as we walked along the beach that time, there was a ship anchored off shore that was clanging repetitively - clang, clang clang. It inspired me to write a short story. I'll include a link to that story here and hope that you can read it (and hope that you don't find it too amateurish!)
As the sun sets on another day, here's wishing you Pura Vida!
Linda and Larry
We also stayed at the Doubletree in Puntarenas in 2009 :)
ReplyDeletePura vida! And fun story!
ReplyDeleteOMG, I think I just read a script from Twilight Zone...clang..clang..clang.
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