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Teatro de Variedades - home of the famous Costa Rica expression ‘¡Pura Vida!’

San José, the capital of Costa Rica, has a reputation - of a kind. One guide book I read advised avoiding the city altogether and added further insult by saying that the best parts of Costa Rica were anywhere but San José. On the flight to Costa Rica, a fellow passenger told me…

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