Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, Colombia |
14th -21st December The Colombian capital of Bogota is such a polar opposite to Villa de Leyva from where we had just come from that it is honestly a bit of a shock to the system! The sheer amount of vehicles crammed onto the roads compete with pedestrians for every...
Jul 17, 2015 | Blog, Colombia |
13th December Today we leave for the capital, Bogota, 159kms away along bumpy winding roads through the mountains at 2500m with scenic views overlooking the patchwork green fields in the valley below us. Driving on the mountain ridge, road work dust fills the air and...
Jul 16, 2015 | Blog, Colombia |
9th December Leaving Barichara, we head south back towards San Gil late where we stop for a tasty empanada and espresso coffee breakfast at a busy local café on the square. [singlepic id=3906 w=1080 h=720 float=None] [singlepic id=3907 w=1080 h=720 float=None] It’s...
Jun 22, 2015 | Blog, Colombia |
1st December TAGANGA It‘s a long hot four and a half hour drive to Santa Marta in the very north of the country, our base for a visit to Tayrona National Park, on good fast roads. Driving past vast shanty towns and stopping at both police and military checkpoints,...
Apr 9, 2015 | Blog, Colombia |
27th November CARTAGENA We are in beautiful Colombia, our 6th continent, country number 46 and the start of our South American adventure!! The ferry conveniently drops us off in the picture perfect Caribbean city of Cartagena and we leave the sea port for our hotel...
Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Panama |
13th November Panama is country number 45 for us and our last in Central America. After crossing the border (we have written a separate border post Costa Rica to Panama – Border Cossing – Paso Canoas Quebrada Grande if you need info) we drive on good, fast roads...
Feb 15, 2015 | Blog, Costa Rica |
9th November The drive to one of the most remote national parks in Costa Rica, Corcovado National Park and the Osa peninsula takes us along the coast from Uvita and via a narrow gravel 4×4 track climbing up steep hills, along rickety bridges composed of...
Jan 11, 2015 | Blog, Costa Rica |
8th November MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK Having read online about problems with people parking their cars at the national park and safety issues, we weren‘t too sure what the situation would be and if we would be able to visit one of Costa Rica’s most famous...
Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, Costa Rica |
5th November TREE OF LIFE RESCUE CENTRE We explore further down the coast, driving to the small village of Manzanillo hoping to go snorkelling. When we get there, we find the waters are really choppy and the beach is deserted so we have to give the snorkelling a...
Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Costa Rica |
2nd November A drive down the coast brings us to Puerto Viejo, sandy beaches, palm trees and an endless amount of boutique hotels, cabinas, sodas, restaurants and tourists riding around on bikes. We stop at a bakery (with slow bad service) for breakfast. It looked...
Nov 18, 2014 | Blog, Costa Rica |
CARIBBEAN COSTA RICA The 205km drive to the port city of Puerto Limon takes us around 5 hours on jammed roads, having to continually overtake slow moving trucks and cyclists. The route takes us via a toll road through Braulio national park and the busy highway 32 all...
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 cool and...
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 person was dealing with the TIP. [singlepic id=3584...
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 years before...
