Category: World Trip 2023

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

1-3 July The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is directly on the Walk of Fame, opposite the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. What a glorious hotel, built in 1927, by Hollywood luminaries, it shows off its old Spanish Colonial Revival-style architecture.  It

29 June -1 July Gerry drove us to Emeryville Station via an excellent French bakery in Berkeley. Time for a croissant and coffee before boarding the northbound train. There had been a derailment the previous day, and our booked train

June 26-29 After a bumpy night in narrow bunk beds, the Amtrak train approached San Francisco, having caught up with an hour’s delay. After an over-sized breakfast in the dining car, some packing of overnight toiletries, we emerged onto the