I’ve lost count of how many border crossings I’ve gone through but they’re usually in semi-formal halls with barrier belts, security guards and x-ray machines for your luggage. Crossing into Panamá we passed through the immigration checkpoint on a muddy track and housed in a low building where you stand…
animalia
slowing down is hard to do
/ 12/03/2013For our final destination in Costa Rica we spent a few days in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, not far from the border with Panamá and on the coast. A traffic accident blocked our way until the driver back tracked around it but hey, at least the accident didn’t involve us,…
my oh my Monteverde
/ 11/03/2013It’s always interesting coming back to a place where you’ve previously made great memories. Deja vu abounds and nostalgia too. My last visit to Monteverde included ziplining and that devil, the Tarzan swing, walking in the cloud forest and night safari and a trip to Don Juan’s to get the…
copa copa copa copa copa Copán
/ 05/03/2013Our first ciudad in Honduras was Copán…where it must be said, I lost my shitenhausen. Between absolutely amazing Mayan ruins frequented by macaws – that magnificent parrot in all the colours of the best things in the world – horse riding to charming villages up steep hillsides on little-more-than-ponies with…
speaking of marriage…
/ 13/02/2013Being an awesome tour group has its advantages. Ernesto and his family threw a house party at grandpa’s and the food, drinks, conversation, laughter, dancing and marriage proposals flowed freely. I say proposals because from my limited understanding of Creole, apparently grandpa and I are getting married in Honduras later…