Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a wonderful country located in Central America, which is the land that is in between North and South America. The people in Costa Rica are pretty laid back and emphasize nature and spending time with family and friends. The phrase that they often say in Costa Rica is 'Pura Vida', which mean 'Pure Life', so they are talking about just living life to the fullest and doing what you want to do in life. Costa Rica became independent from Spain in September 15, 1821 and has an interesting history. The currency that they use in Costa rica is Colónes and 1 USD is about 500 colónes (1 colón=0.0020 USD).