🇺🇸 Boating to Colombia

October 28, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

The big day came; October 26 we left Panama City in the early morn and headed for the Caribbean coast. Our itinerary for the four days would follow the same schedule: wake up, breakfast, load up the boat, boat about two hours to arrive to one of the (reputed) 360 San Blas Islands, lunch, and […]

🇺🇸 Panama

October 26, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

To get from Panamá to Colombia, one can go by air or by water. The two countries are actually connected by land, though by the mysterious Darién Gap, and it is extremely, out-of-the-questionably, 100% discouraged to make the journey through the jungle; the Pan-American highway even dead-ends out before recommencing in Colombia. All this to […]

🎥 Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

October 21, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

October 16-20, 2015 Nos quelques jours à Puerto Viejo au Costa Rica, remplis de balades à vélo, de plages et de rencontres avec des animaux. Our few days in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, filled with biking, beaches, and meeting animals.

🇺🇸 Puerto Viejo

October 21, 2015.Reading time 9 minutes.

We mentioned the first impression we had of Costa Rica was its unending greenness. Our second impression followed soon after, and it was that Costa Rica is so expensive. Restaurants, excursions, groceries; the nature reserves were, for example, at cheapest $50USD for two. Because of a sneaky bus deal, we had had to buy tickets […]

🇺🇸 Pura Vida!

October 16, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

October 16, 2015 Pura Vida We have witlessly been referring to Costa Rica (Rich Coast) as Costa Cara (Expensive Coast) ever since we crossed over into the country. Apart from the prices, so much changed from when we were in Nicaragua and above. The public buses are nicer (and double the price, about $4 for […]

🇺🇸 Costa Rican Cloud Forests

October 14, 2015.Reading time 8 minutes.

We arrived in Costa Rica less than prepared. This was most likely due to the rushedness to exit Nicaragua in time (we curiously avoided the $2/day fine for overstaying our visa), but we are also fairly skilled procrastinators when it comes to planning exactly where we will be going next, and this, certainly, played a […]

🇺🇸 Political bachata

October 13, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

October 13, 2015 Wake up call Today we were awoken to the sound of Bachata blaring from the common area speakers of our hostel; it was when the leaf blower started providing harmony to all this racket that we decided it was time to get up.

🇺🇸 Arribada en San Juan Del Sur

October 10, 2015.Reading time 9 minutes.

With just two days left of our Nicaragua visa, making a stop in the popular surf town of San Juan del Sur was the furthest thing from our minds. We could go from Granada straight through to Costa Rica, be back to zero on the visa count and be tranquilly on our way. Then we […]

🎥 San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

October 10, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

October 6-9, 2015 Nos derniers magnifiques couchers de soleil au Nicaragua, dans la baie de San Juan del Sur, avant de continuer notre route vers le sud. Our last magnificent sunsets in Nicaragua, in the bay of San Juan del Sur, before heading south.

🇺🇸 Adios Granada

October 6, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

The rest of our time in Granada we spent enjoying the city, relaxing, taking multiple cool-down shower-rinses per day to combat the 90-degree plus weather, and working at an amazing restaurant/café. If you find yourself in Granada, Nicaragua, do not miss The Garden Café; we originally came for the coffee and fast wifi, but returned […]