Recess & Runaway — Monteverde, Costa Rica
Life is Better in the Cloud Forest
Cloud forests, surf, and a five-year-old’s-eye view of the wild. We sold the ordinary and bought a plane ticket.
Meet us
We traded the ordinary for cloud forests, surf, and adventure — and we’re taking you with us.
I swapped suburban bell schedules for Monteverde mist, teaching English at Cloud Forest School while exploring Costa Rica with my five-year-old. This blog tracks our move, messy middle, tiny wins, and kid-sized adventures across the country.
What we write about
Three trails we keep coming back to
Life in Costa Rica
Teaching English in Monteverde, navigating visas, and figuring out what a soda is. The real stuff about making a life abroad.
Little Explorer Trips
Just us two, a backpack, and a bus schedule. Where a 5-year-old leads, we follow.
Family Travel
When the whole crew comes along for the ride. More luggage, more chaos, more magic.
From the field notes
Featured Stories
The latest from Monteverde and the roads between.
The everyday
Muddy sneakers and cloud forest sunsets
Snapshots of our days: muddy sneakers on cloud forest trails, tiny handprint paintings drying in classroom sunlight, bus window sunsets, and my kid grinning over fresh pan dulce. Real, imperfect moments from Monteverde and the Costa Rican roads between.
Everyday life in Monteverde: grocery runs, hunting down niche items that just don’t exist up in the mountains, and all the small, ordinary moments of building a life in our new home.
Work with us
Partner with a family the wild already trusts
Tourism boards, eco-lodges, and travel brands — we create authentic, story-driven content that moves people. Let’s tell your story together.
