Month: July 2023

26-27 July We had an afternoon four hour flight from Panama City to Atlanta, Georgia. Our last flight, before arriving back in Europe. This allowed us to enjoy a leisurely morning croissant and purchase something at the patisserie to eat

July 22-26 Our boutique hotel dates back to the 17th Century, with some illustrious owners, and totally refurbished at the start of this century. It is situated in Casco Viejo, founded 350 years ago. Henry Morgan and his pirates sacked

23 July 2023 A 9.30 morning rendezvous saw us get up early, after a bad night, both of us suffering from food poisoning in David. A slow walk towards the American Trading Hotel, with a stop off for a morning

21-22 July This was the part of our whole trip that we were most trepidatious about. Of course we had done as much research as we could regarding our bus to David across the border in Panama. But we had

Stage 49, Uvita, Costa Rica 18-21 July Not only did the tourist shuttle bus turn up to take us from Jaco to Uvita, it was 15 minutes early! We were anxious – plan B was not attractive at all. We

14-17 July Monteverde  Leaving Jimmy and Warner, we set off to forge our own route to the Panama border, down the Pacific Coast. We had heard about travelling by Interbus, a tourist shuttle bus, which worked well for us. We

12 – 13th July From Guachipelin, we drove to Samara for a kayaking and snorkelling expedition, before heading to our beach bungalows at Playa Carrillo. But first we stopped in Liberia to pick up a local SIM card to enable

8-11 July We flew from Los Angeles to Liberia in the northwest of Costa Rica, an uneventful 5.5 hour flight to be met by torrential rain. We were to join a small group holiday with Active Adventures. We made our

The travails of travelling by Amtrak 6-7 July We chose to return to Flagstaff by a different route to pick up the South West Chief train (No 3) from Chicago to Los Angeles. These were the tickets which we earlier

4 – 6 July It was still dark as we disembarked at Flagstaff station shortly before five in the morning. The Arizona air was cool, and the full moon hung heavily above the skyline across the railway tracks. The town