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Pura Vida from Costa Rica

Nearly everyone now has a friend or family member who has vacationed in Costa Rica, the name aptly given by Christopher Columbus, which means “Rich Coast.” But when I first visited Costa Rica on Mother’s Day, August 15, 1970, virtually no one had heard of this tropical rainforest paradise.

Being a scuba diver, I searched for a dive shop or even a couple of scuba tanks to rent, but there weren’t any to be found in the country. With opportunity staring me in the face, I returned to Costa Rica with my scuba gear and a couple of tanks in hand, which I was able to fill at Miller Gas — the only compressor in the country!

I fell in love with the “Ticos” and soon moved to Costa Rica. I began teaching scuba to university students, opened the first dive shop in Costa Rica and later the first resort dive center in the country. My biggest obstacle when starting a resort-based dive center was convincing the local free divers that it was more profitable to learn scuba and show the tropical fish over & over again to the tourists rather than collecting them once to sell.

With this one action, sustainable tourism in Costa Rica was born and as a result Costa Rican dive masters continue to make a living today showing those same fish to thousands of tourists. All of the dive masters working on live-aboard vessels heading to Cocos Islands were trained during those early classes in San Jose, as well as the police and fire departments.

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