It was quite the shock to be back in Bogotá after the serenity of Villa de Leyva. Roaring traffic, noise, mass advertising, public transport, bright lights and pretty colours. Practicality Bec took advantage of a free day to hit the shopping mall outside town, acting all like a real grown…
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passing time in Panamá City
/ 22/03/2013After 58 days on tour, it all closed out in Panamá City. On our way into town we stopped for a couple of hours at the Canal to see massive grain cargo ships pass through the Miraflores lock, dropping 27 feet in mere minutes. Engineering lasting 100 years come 2014…
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…
oasis on Ometepe
/ 11/03/2013Ometepe Island reminds me of a prank birthday cake we gave my father for his 40th. Ometepe is basically a small strip of land with two volcanoes reaching for the sky, Concepción and Maderas. While only lasting around 20 minutes, the local ex-school bus trip from the ferry terminal to…
coming down in Comayagua
/ 07/03/2013As with all great destinations, their charm is usually half to do with the hard slog to reach them. As such, moving on from Roatán Island bound for Granada meant a two-day ferry and bus journey broken up by an overnight stay in less than salubrious surroundings in Comayagua. I…