We flew in from San Jose airport and had organised a pick up the other side to take us straight to our hostel in Antigua. This taxi ride took about 45 minutes altogether and the street lamps perfectly lit up the streets making us exciting to stroll around tomorrow. We were astonished by the architecture…
Category: South America
Manuel Antonio, the Tropical Paradise
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…
Monteverde and the Scary Spiders
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…
Bocas del Toro, the Party Island
It was time to get a touch of Panama’s vibrant Caribbean culture in Bocas del Toro. Bocas del Toro is a collection of 68 islands along the northwestern Panama coast. It means “Mouths of the Bull”. We went to Bocas del Toro Town which is the southern tip of Isla Colon and actually stayed at…
San Jose & La Fortuna
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…
The Jungle Hostel
It all began with us being dropped off at what looked like the middle of nowhere. There was a arrow pointing to ‘Lost & Found’ with another sign shortly after than said ‘the adventure begins here’. We met another couple of the bus from Boquete and so we commenced the 20 minute hike up together….
Boquete, the Panamanian Texas
The journey from Panamá City to Boquete was about 8 hours in total. The first five or so hours were spent getting to David. Unfortunately, the beautiful scenery was completely missed as a uti that I had be trying to prevent with gallons of water hit me. Thanks god for the emergency antibiotics I brought…
Panama City, where it went a bit wrong
Everything was going just a bit too smoothly, so we thought… “Can I have your outward flight out of Panamá?” said the air stewardess. I confidently handed my flight from Cancun within the 90 days over. Not accepted. This meant we had 30 minutes to book a flight otherwise we’d miss the plane. Neither of…
Cartagena took all my money
From Santa Marta to Cartagena we made our way back to the bus station for a five hour ride. Once there, we got into a taxi after toying with the thought of going to the main road for an Uber. However, we looked and decided it was giving out too much papaya. The drive into…
La Ciudad Perida
The time had come for 4 days jam packed with adventure, mountains, mud, card games, bug spray and sweltering sun. Before we started we were fed a big typical Colombian meal of meat, plantain, frijoles, rice, and a tiny bit of salad. We all sat down together, all wondering if this was going to be…
To Live With Me 