The ¡Pura Vida! Realities
March 9th 2005 “You want?” The clerk held up plastic. It was a bag, like any other, commonly seen blowing down a street or swept to the side, submerged in the gutters.
“No thanks. I have my own here. Reusable.” I lifted the backpack to the checkout counter.
“¡Pura Vida!” he said.
¡Pura Vida! Costa Rica’s signature of an eco-friendly consciousness. Heard everywhere,
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