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Custom Travel in Costa Rica and Beyond: What We Learned From Explore the Americas

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Custom Travel in Costa Rica and Beyond: What We Learned From Explore the Americas Our most recent episode takes us south of the border to talk with Melanie Marsell and Kathleen Hall, co-founders of Explore the Americas , formerly Dive the Americas .  If you have not listened yet, go check out Episode 28 first, then come back here for the details, resources for your next international trip, and a few things we did not have time to cover on the mic. We've loved our time in Latin America and the Caribbean. So, having Kathleen and Melanie on the show to learn more about traveling in the region was a blast.  Who They Are Melanie was born in Costa Rica, moved to Florida around age 10, and went back after college to study tourism at UF and build her career in the region. She is a self described lifelong entrepreneur in the making. Kathleen came to Costa Rica in 2015 to finish a biology degree, told herself she would stay an extra year, and never left. She never planned to run a ...