Pura Vida My Never Ending Fling

Emily, a solo traveler, trades in her heels for flip flops when she decides to take a break from city life and live in Costa Rica for a few months. Her priorities are: staying alive, finishing a novel, enjoying the simple things in life, and hopefully finding a steamy vacation fling she can someday write about.Aside from the obvious precautions, dodging poisonous snakes, spiders, scorpions, and lustful Ticos; the daily ins and outs of jungle life are anything but dull. Night after night she falls asleep underneath her bed net with mace in one hand and a flashlight in the other wondering if she will make it through the trip without getting hurt. Travel insurance may cover broken bones, but it won't cover broken hearts. By the second month of her trip she finds herself falling hard for her fling Darren, an internet stranger, she met on a Trip Advisor forum. He has recently broken free of his baggage, a psycho ex-girlfriend, and an unfulfilling job to drive down from Canada to Costa Rica. They both land in the same small hippy town on the same day and plan to meet at the only bar in town.Darren soon becomes more than the one important thing she was missing in her life. He quickly becomes her partner in crime. He pushes her to test the limit by taking a walk on the wild side and trying new things. He is the voice of reason when she is about to do something dangerous. He is the passion that she's been in search of and the stability her life was lacking. While they spend a wild month together experiencing the rustic side of Costa Rica life, they find themselves in a series of ridiculous situations and sexcipade mishaps.Can a holiday fling turn into "death do us part?" Is there any point of even trying a long distance relationship after a spectacular end of a vacation fling? Is it better to pack up the good memories, go back to reality, and cross your fingers hoping to find someone like that again? This memoir explores the trials and tribulations of long distance love. It proves love does not have borders and the right partner is worth fighting for.