Travel Photography Exposed

A free room and spa treatments at a four-star resort were hard to come by for an ESL teacher on a meager salary such as mine. So when my friend Sasha, a freelance writer for the The Tico Times newspaper called to see if I'd accompany her to El Tucano Resort near Arenal Volcano as an unofficial photographer, I jumped at the chance. I had done my share of shoestring travel. Sleeping in noisy hostels and embracing the "plate of the day" at local dives was the norm for me; I was aching for some pampering. Sasha's promises of decadent massages and soaks in the hot springs were all the convincing I needed.

Last updated: Oct 22, 2023