228 Days Trapped in Paradise: The Diary of an Expat Chica in Costa Rica : Viva Purpose, Inc. : 9780999350683 : 0999350684 : 11 Jan 2022 : #1 International Best Seller: Trapped in paradise, it sounds like a dream come true, or is it? It only took a minute as Costa Rica closed its land, sea, and air borders. 24 days, that was all it was going to be! It had been over 19 months since I had set foot on home soil because of lockdown in Costa Rica. I held fewer possessions than I did when we moved outside of the U.S., and that was only a couple of suitcases. However, in my backpack was a broken computer holding my diary. Aware that lockdown in Central America was way different than what my friends and family had experienced in the United States, it was interesting to see people's responses as I told parts of our journey. Now here is the twist. Maybe it was just because the sales lady at Victoria's Secret was so intrigued, she offered to buy me a cup of coffee if I would tell her the rest