Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  'Ka tino kino te pēpi,' i mea mai taku hoa, he whaea tokorua, he tino koa, i a au e whakakii ana i tētahi atu kōpaki pēpi ki te taha o tētahi putea. Ko te onepu kei ngā wāhi katoa, ko ngā kōngore, ko te tāpiri tonu i te kiri kiri, me te jet lag. He aha koe i whakaaro ai kāore au i haere ki tāwāhi ki te hararei i roto i ngā tau e whā kua hipa?' Na, i te tangi tonu o aua kupu whakatenatena i roto i oku taringa, ka haere ahau, ko taku tahu, ko taku tamahine 18 marama te pakeke, ki te hararei tuatahi a te whānau... ki Costa Rica. Ka noho mātou i ngā rā i waenganui i te puna wai o ngā tamariki, he mea e tika ana mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te karo i tētahi pāmahana ngakau i ia meneti torutoru, me te takutai ataahua. Ko Tal Gottesman i kaha ki te rere tawhiti ki Costa Rica me te peepi i roto i te waka mo te hararei o te whanau i te Andaz Peninsula Papagayao Resort - engari i te wa i tae mai ai ia, kaore ia i pouri mo tetahi wa. He roa te haerenga, ehara i te mea tika, ā, ki te mea pono, he iti te mamae i ētahi wā, engari i taea e mātau te karo i te nui o ngā raruraru, ā, he nui te pārekareka o te tūnga mutunga wiki roa ki New York. I mua i to mātau kitenga, kua tae atu mātau ki Liberia, ki Papagayo peninsula i te takutai moana ki te raki o Costa Rica. I te mea i haereere ahau i te whenua i runga i nga pahi pakaru me nga putea mo etahi wiki i runga i to maatau marama marama i etahi tau i mua, ko tenei haerenga he mea katoa mo te whakamarie, te ngawari me te waatea. E mōhio ana ngā mātua hōu, ngenge rānei, mēnā kua tāpaetia e koe ngā mea e whitu mano e hiahiatia ana e koe i ngā wā katoa, ā, ka tūtaki ki ngā koa o te rerenga roa, kāore pea he kaha hinengaro, tinana rānei mō ētahi atu mea. Ahakoa he pai te manaaki me te manakohia o nga tamariki, he tino whakapehapeha te waahi mo te rangimarie me te marino. Ko te āhua nei i tino mōhio te wāhi whakangahau o te Andaz Peninsula ki ta mātou e hiahia ana. He kai pai (he nui hoki), he kohua, he waahi ataahua me nga tirohanga whakamiharo - ahakoa he pai te manaaki o nga tamariki, he nui atu i te manakohia, he tino whakapehapeha te waahi mo te rangimarie me te marino. Ko te kupu 'Pura Vida' a Costa Rica e rangona ana puta noa i te Andaz...
I tū a Tal Gottesman i te rerenga tawhiti ki Costa Rica me te pēpi i roto i te rerenga. I noho te whānau taitamariki ki te Papagayo Peninsula Andaz Resort. He rerekē te wheako o Costa Rica i ngā rā o te whānau e haere ana ki te hāereere.