Sunsets, beach bongo jams, coconut water (out of a coconut), world class yoga, daily meditation, tidal pools, monkeys.
After spending one blissful month in this wonderland, re-entry to normal life has been a tad difficult.
What’s not difficult is understanding why Costa Rica is so easy on the soul. With its great food, rushing waterfalls, epic beaches, copious wildlife, and friendly people, it’s a little piece of paradise.
Scratch the surface, however, and the people who live in this amazing place still have to work, pay their bills, and get their kids to school. Where I spent most of my time, the Nicoyan Peninsula, is also one of the poorest regions in the country.
Yet the people are not only happy, they are thriving.
What’s their secret?
The Nicoyan Peninsula of Costa Rica is one of the world’s five Blue Zones. In case you missed the Netflix special or the bestselling books, Blue Zones are areas of the world in which people not only live the longest, they also live the ‘well-est’.
Blue Zones boast the most centenarians per capita on the planet. More significantly, a robust number of that aging population can still be found living at home and going about their daily business; gardening, walking, seeing friends, cooking, and generally having a (gentle) whale of a time.
Did I see this in action in Costa Rica? Yes, and yes again.
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