We exited Costa Rica on a high, having experienced one of our favourite countries of our travels so far. We knew that the next countries would be a little more challenging as they are less developed for tourism and more rough around the edges in terms of services and infrastructure. Despite this we were...
Pura Vida (Part 3)! Exploring the Pacific side of Costa Rica
Having already spent 3 weeks exploring the Caribbean and Central regions, we still had some more time to investigate the Pacific side of Costa Rica. This is partly because Jess’s parents, the 3rd set of visitors that we received during our stay in the country, had just arrived. Of course parent-visitors are extra welcome...
Pura Vida (Part 2)! Exploring Central Costa Rica
After our dramatic entrance into San Jose on a tiny 12 seater plane from Caribbean Tortuguero, we found ourselves in a big city that everyone had tried to tell us that we’d hate. The reality was that it wasn’t too bad, at least for a few days. Here is our account of exploring Central...
Pura Vida (Part 1)! Exploring the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
CAHUITA It’s easy to cross over from Bocas del Toro in Panama to the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. As we needed a boat, a bus, a border crossing and then another bus, we used a very efficient and highly recommended company called Caribe Shuttle to organise our transport. We decided to stay in...
Caribe time! – Bocas del Toro islands
After a week of sweltering in a metropolis, we were rather glad to leave Panama City and head towards the Caribbean coast. We were excited not just by the destination that we had picked; the Bocas del Toro islands, but also because we had welcomed the arrival of some good friends from London, who...
The Top 5 things to do in Panama City
We weren’t quite sure what to expect from Panama City as it was to be our first capital city in Central America, and indeed it was quite unlike any city we have seen to date. We could immediately feel the American influence from the colossal malls, imported products and series of fast food restaurants...
Getting From Colombia to Panama – San Blas Island Hopping
Unless you fly (expensive), getting from Colombia to Panama is not as easy as you might think, as the land crossing is the only missing link in the Pan American Highway. The connecting land area between the two countries is known as the Darien Gap and consists of 100 miles of deep swampland and...