Nov 17, 2014 | Blog, Costa Rica |
28th October  MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST RESERVE The towns of Monteverde and Santa Elena sit between two cloud forests which straddle both sides of the Continental Divide.  Warm and humid winds from the Caribbean sweep up the mountain slopes where they…
Nov 14, 2014 | borders, Costa Rica, Information, Panama |
The Costa Rica to Panama (Paso Canoas, Quebrada Grande) border crossing was quite time consuming for us; on the Panama side there were a lot of trucks also trying to enter the country at the same time while only one…
Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Costa Rica |
27th October     ARENAL In the morning, the sight of the looming Volcano Arenal is a majestic one, standing like a huge sentinel overlooking the serene waters of Lake Arenal and pastured green hillsides. The volcano was dormant for hundreds of…
Nov 5, 2014 | Blog, Costa Rica |
25th October We wake up to a lovely sunny day. After a breakfast of gallo pinto, eggs and fruit it’s an 80km drive to Lake Arenal along a slow-going long stretch of road which is under construction, hundreds of orange-clad…
Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Costa Rica |
(We have managed to fall behind with the blog, just not having enough hours in the day to do everything, so we are jumping ahead to the present and will try to catch up with the rest in between!) COSTA…
Oct 29, 2014 | borders, Costa Rica, Information, Nicaragua |
We found the Nicaragua to Costa Rica border crossing quite time consuming.  Normally an exit is quick and easy, but when a few coach loads of tourists turn up and it’s lunch time, you can end up waiting and waiting…..…
