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There’s Something for Everyone to Love about the Land of ‘Pura Vida’

Costa Rica really does have it all when it comes to travel

Allison Burney
4 min readDec 1, 2021
Photo by Zachary Shea on Unsplash

It’s a big, wide world out there.

So big, in fact, that you can fly away from a land of sea breezes, swaying palm trees, rolling waves, sandy shores, and 30-degree heat, and touch down in a land blanketed in snow where the current temperature is -1 degree.

This part of travel never ceases to amaze me.

Being in a country like Costa Rica, which is relatively close to the equator, is about as different as you can get from the snowy Canadian winter that’s beginning back home in Ontario where I live. And yet, you can go from one to the other and experience both places with their diverse climates, landscapes, and cultures in just a matter of hours.

If that’s not magic, I don’t know what is.

Its magic will pull you in

My family spent the past week in beautiful Costa Rica to see my sister finally get to have her dream wedding on the beach.

It’s been a long time coming due to the challenges and ensuing cancellations Covid-19 brought along with it. They’d been planning (and re-planning) this wedding for quite some time, and we were all thrilled to…

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Allison Burney
Allison Burney

Written by Allison Burney

Writer, ghostwriter & proofreader. On a mission to keep exploring, learning & enjoying this adventure we call life. Work with me: allisonburney.com

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