RONNIE & Michelle
Careering OffAfter over 30 years working, Ronnie & Michelle have decided to take the gap year (or two!) that we missed out on at the usual time. We have had stressful careers in Technology and Finance until now including start-ups and self-employment.
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The kids – Cameron & Daniel – have fled the nest to pursue their own adventures in life, leaving only the cats Tiger and Lexey to tie us down.
Following a health shock and seeing what has happened to many people we know around our age, we decided not to wait until we are in our 60’s and retired before resuming our love of travel and seeing the world. We are in the fortunate position of being able to pause working for a while.
It’s now time to career-off.
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Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
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 shuttle bus from...
Quetzal spotting at Los Quetzales National Park
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 Quetzal...
Manuel Antonio National Park
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 the way Ronnie...
Marina Ballena and Corcovado National Parks
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...
Arenal and Montevideo
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...
Costa Rica – Tortuguero
We took a tiny plane with Skyway Airlines from Bocas del Toro, Panama to San José, Costa Rica. The check-in was in a room. You stood on the scales with your carry-on bag to be weighed together. The boarding pass. No sign of mobile ones here. The plane The flight was...
Bocas del Toro
We stopped off in Boquete for a few days R&R after the previous Colombia tour. To get there from Panama City, we took a 6 hour bus journey to David, then hired a car for 3 days to travel to and from Boquete. Boquete is a small town around 1,200 metres up in the...
Panama City and Canal
We flew to Panama City for a couple of nights. View of the F&F Tower from our hotel window. Ronnie loved this building. With some of its neighbours We took a walk along the front. City from the waterfront Guess where City skyline Reaching the old town Simon...
Santa Marta leaving dinner
We had a final leaving dinner for the group in Santa Marta. So the new Aussies didn't feel left out after missing the poem after part 1 of the Colombia tour, there was an extra bit of poetry from Ronnie... Colombia part 2 An extra bit of Purple poem by Ronnie In...
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