Stories to make you smile

Pura Vida! A colorful journey into the heart of Costa Rican culture

Costa Rica is famed for its nature, but what of it's culture? On his travels around the country's quieter corners, Chris found a fertile and colorful land of abundance...

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Declaring peace with nature in Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a small country, yet it has more varieties of butterfly than Africa and more bird species than North America. Its geography is the reason for this extraordinary biodiversity, but the attitude of the people – the Ticos – is what saved it from being lost forever.

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Turning 21: Pura's journey from triumphant chillies to Travel Positive

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Encalves II: Crossing borders (this time, it's international)

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Spain's other islands: a virtual journey around its enclaves

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Here, not there: coaxing my mind out of the mountains

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Share your #ShoeboxOfMemories

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Life before Google; an ill-advised winter voyage to Bilbao

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Emperor encounters: "words cannot explain how honoured you felt"

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From the sublime to the ridiculous: inside my mini-flamencothon

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The good, the bad & the confusing of tourism slogans

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Introducing Rocio - the Amazon's trailblazing female guide

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