From Monteverde we were persuaded to get another shuttle by the lovely hostel owner. It seems the bus system isn’t as well organised in Costa Rica compared to the other countries. Shuttles are just so quick and easy. We even stopped off to go to crocodile bridge, on the Tarcoles river. The American crocodiles were…

After many conversations we decided we would go for the shuttle from La Fortuna to Monteverde rather than the public bus. This meant saving about five hours of travel time but to be honest we were again persuaded by the savvy sales woman. When you add on snacks in Costa Rica we were probably paying…

The journey from Panama City to San Jose was around an hour and a half. It was super easy and this time we had proof of onward travel. The only thing was the airport, it was awful. No food anywhere. Which meant us counting our pennies for a packet of Pringles and crackers for Ollie’s…