Contemplation of mortality in a coffee cup in our apartment here in lotus land. In English, the phrase says the finish line is closer than y...

Pura vida is the quintessential Costa Rican phrase. It means so much more than pure life . A server could greet you at a restaurant wit...

You could say that pura vida is the national motto of Costa Rica. It has a simple literal translation - pure life - but the levels of m...