Feb 27, 2020 | Central America
Instead of the local bus, this time we took a shuttle bus to Antigua which is a very colourful colonial town. Church There are many churches in Antigua, some of them still in ruins after one of the many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. We took a trip to hike near...
Feb 22, 2020 | Central America
We flew from San José, Costa Rica to Guatemala City. We planned to head to Lake Atitlan for a couple of days R&R before meeting our G Adventures group in Antigua for our “Mayan Encounter” tour in Guatemala and Belize. Rather than taking a tourist...
Feb 19, 2020 | Central America
After Manuel Antonio, we spent a night in Dominical (another surfers’ town) on the way to yet another National Park – Los Quetzales. We stayed in an eco-lodge in the forest. Our lodge Stunning view from the lodge The next morning a guide picked us up to go...
Feb 17, 2020 | Central America
We decided to head back up the coast to Manuel Antonio National Park. We’d read that it was extremely busy and suffered a bit from the “party set”, so we were a bit hesitant. The busiest part of the season had passed so we had our fingers crossed. On...
Feb 11, 2020 | Central America
Next we decided to visit a couple of National Parks on the Pacific coast. Firstly Marina Ballena. We drove to Uvita, a small town. Like we missed the turtles at Tortuguero National Park, we just missed the Humpback whales at Marina Ballena National Park. Driving down...
Feb 6, 2020 | Central America
We collected a hire car from the ferry stop on the mainland at La Pavona. The plan was first to head into the mountains and drive to the Volcan Arenal park. We stayed in the town of La Fortuna. The Arenal volcano is still active, but has been quiet since 2010. Volcan...
