Exploring Costa Rica pt.1

6:11 PM

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

I am very grateful to able to travel with my family. Ever since we started traveling I have gain the love for it. To travel is to live. Such like the quote when traveling you discover new things and you get to see the world differently. Traveling turns ordinary people into storytellers.

This summer I went to the beautiful country of Costa Rica. From the minute that you land on Costa Rica it is breath taking. The mountains, the volcanoes, and the colorful houses. It is all so beautiful. Back home it’s very flat, so seeing the mountains was amazing.

I am going to do multiple post on Costa Rica, it is going to be by days. Get ready because I have a bunch of photos to show you guys. Also if you see an outfit you like that I’m wearing, you can check it out on my look book . To start off, day one in Costa Rica we landed in San Jose, which is the capital. We got a private driver from a travel company called Camino. Our driver gave us a tour while taking us to the hotel. Our hotel was called the Presidente we only stay for one night though. After dropping off our bags we went walking around in the streets of San Jose, it is super nice and clean. A lot of people were outside even though it was raining. We got a bit hungry and stop at the Teatro Nacional (the national theater). We ate in their little café they had, which by the way was so good! I got a chicken salad sandwich and yucca chips. Then we got tickets to see inside the theater. It was spectacular, there was so much history. After the theater we went back to the hotel to get some rest and also figure out where we were going to eat. We ended up eating in a place called El Patio. The restaurant was really nice and the food was delicious. I had an Aztec soup.

Back in the hotel we just relaxed and fell asleep because it was late and it was raining. We walked around a lot in San Jose. We got to see many different parts of the city. For the next day our driver took us to see the volcanoes.

Pura Vida ,

Melanie S.

“ 'Pura Vida' This is the country’s most unique and popular phrase and one of the most important phrases, which is used as a positive response in all type of situations. You will often hear the people greet or salute friend with the phrase. Which translates to pure life.”