Across Costa Rica, you will hear locals, street vendors, servers, bartenders and catamaran captains saying Pura Vida as a greeting, a farewell or even as a response to “How are you?” ...

We will end the trip with a catamaran ride from Marina Pez Vela in Quepos and snorkeling at Biesanz Beach. Tom is a professor of biology at Hope College (planning to retire in December 2023), and he ...