Author: Peter

6-9 August We breakfasted in Ellie’s, near our hotel in Providence, before picking up our rucksacks, avoiding the down-and-outs waiting for the soup kitchen across the road, and walked to the Amtrak station. We had plenty of time to sup

4-6 August It was an overcast morning as we trundled with our rucksacks up to Washington Union Station to catch our Acela train to the city of Providence, Rhode Island. The high speed Acela train, with only business and first

1-4 August We spent two and a half days in Washington, staying only three hundred metres from the Capitol. We walked and even jogged everywhere, clocking an average of over 20,000 steps a day. We visited the main sights; the

31 July -August 1 We received a teaser email on Sunday evening, telling us that although there was service disruption on our train to Washington, alternate transportation had been arranged for all or part of our route, but no further

28 – 31 July 2023 Whenever we have mentioned to casual acquaintances that we were heading for New Orleans, they all break into a grin – ‘Wow – great! Have fun!’. It is a city of popular myth – and

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