Day 38 – Los Angeles

We were originally going to do Universal Studios today but it was a late night last night by the time we got to the Venice Suites on Venice Beach. Stu and I were up really early – below is the view from our hotel balcony. We walked around the local neighbourhood and found a huge […]

Day 37 Off to LA

Plane day today we are flying to LA via San Salvador, picking up a car and heading to Venice Beach. We have 10 hours ahead of us (only 7 flying). Here are some memories of our last day on the Caribbean in Cahuita. Edited with BlogPad Pro

Day 36 – Cahuita to San Jose

How quickly has this holiday gone? It only seems like yesterday that we were boarding our flight to LAX. The only thing telling me what a lie that is is my waist. I just tried my jeans on and kets just say i don’t need a belt when wearing what used to be baggy size […]

Day 35 – Cahuita Final Full Day

Our final full day on the Caribbean. Tomorrow we make the long short (I know how it reads but it’s true time v distance) drive back to San Jose and our last night together as 6. We decided that we would visit the other sanctuary here on the Caribbean side – the Jaguar Rescue Centre. […]

Day 34 (Why am I Counting) – Cahuita

Costa Rica seems to be the destination that just keeps on giving. We went for our early morning pre-hike walk this morning and headed towards Playa Grande (north of Playa Negro). When we were walking on the beach we saw a big cat print. Our guide today suggested the only cat big enough to make […]

Stu’s Interpretation of Our Sea Kayaking

I normally don’t put Stu’s drawn blog on here as he publishes it under his midgetboy universe instagram account. I had to this time. Stu’s interpretation of our kayaking at Manuel Antonio. Outside our room as i was typing this – it made so much noise climbing the roof. Its a howler. Edited with BlogPad […]

Day 33 – Cahuita and Sloth Sanctuary

Stu and I woke up early this morning – I don’t know what woke me but it was before the howlers started (about 10 minutes before). The howlers are becoming the same as the roosters in Colombia – starting way before dawn lol. We were up so early we decided to do a walk into […]

Day 32 – San Jose to Cahuita

We picked up our car from Thrifty today and it is a Toyota Landcruiser Prado (Peter is horrified they call it a landcruiser as at home its just a Prado and nowhere near as big as a landcruiser). We managed to fit 6 adults and 4 days of clothes each (just) in and headed to […]

Day 31 – There be Macaws

Scarlet ones to be exact. This is the one species of the two in Costa Rica we haven’t seen yet. We’ve seen green flying above but these scarlet ones were sitting in a tree next to the highway just outside Jaco about an hour north of Manuel Antonio. Edited with BlogPad Pro

Day 31 – Manuel Antonio to San Jose

Another (and final for this tour) transit day today. We are leaving the Pacific Coast and Manuel Antonio and heading back to San Jose. We have left behind 6 new friends who are seeing out the end of their holiday in Manuel Antonio. As there was no rush today (we weren’t leaving until 1pm), Stu […]