article_snippet: Why do you think I haven't been on holiday abroad for the last four years?'
article_snippet: Tal Gottesman braved a long-haul flight to Costa Rica with baby in tow for a family holiday at the Andaz Peninsula Papagayao Resort - but once she arrived, she didn't regret it for a moment .
article_snippet: Before our knew it, our were disembarking in Liberia, off to the Papagayo peninsula on the northern pacific coast of Costa Rica.
article_snippet: Having travelled through Liberia on rickety buses with backpacks for several weeks on our honeymoon a few years before, this trip was to be all about comfort, ease and relaxation.
article_snippet: While our could have picked a holiday destination closer to home, there's something about being disconnected here, something really unique to this country that our felt on our previous visit and really wanted to feel again.
article_snippet: Having travelled through the country on rickety buses with backpacks for several weeks on our honeymoon a few years before, this trip was to be all about comfort, ease and relaxation .
highlights_snippet: Tal Gottesman braved a long-haul flight to Costa Rica with baby in tow .
  
highlights_snippet: Costa Rica experience differed from family's backpacking days .