Pura Vida
February 5th 2014 The Costa Rican park ranger greeted me with the familiar phrase, "pure life," as I was waiting for the insanely high tide to ebb before continuing my trek along the beach in Corcovado National Park. I wasn't feeling any pura vida as I recalibrated my overly optimistic expectations as to how long it would take me to reach the campsite at the Sirena ranger station still a very long 12 kilomet
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