Two things happened in Santa Marta, first we stayed in a hostel that was a Colombian drug cartels house, the government took it back and now it is a hostel. This is the pool. Second, we went to see the…
Colombia – Cartagena
We sailed into Cartagena, Colombia on an overcast morning. We were happy and sad to get off the boat after 5 days at sea. It did take a few hours to stop feeling like we were still on the boat.…
Panama – Panama City
Panama City is changing rapidly with the renovation of the old town and the new Panama Canal locks. We spent a day walking around the old town, which is undergoing massive renovations and looks amazing. The old and the new.…
Panama – Pedasi
Pedasi is on the Pacific coast of Panama a small town with some great neighbouring beaches. And amazing countryside.
Panama – Boca Bravo
The best thing about Boca Brava was my dinner, Lobster. The hotel restaurant was nice but the hotel was not, and the beach was also dirty.
Panama – Boquete
Panama has one volcano so we thought that we should climb it. We left at midnight, reached the top by 5.15am, froze and watched the sunrise. Then took four hours to come down. It hurt. Nice view though. Sunrise at…
Costa Rica – La Fortuna
We got a Jeep-Boat-Jeep from Monteverde to La Fortuna. It was more of a Bus-Boat-Bus, but it cut down the journey time by a couple of hours. In La Fortuna we went to a Hot spring, complete with water slides…
Nicaragua – Léon
We reached Nicaragua after getting a shuttle bus from El Salvador, heading straight through Honduras. Did not stop in Honduras, it is not the safest place in Central America, in fact it does have San Pedro Sula the murder capital…
El Salvador – El Cuco
Next stop, and about time, we headed back to the beach. To get to the beach involved a crazy four chicken bus extravaganza across El Salvador. El Salvador does not see too many tourists so there is one way to…
El Salvador – Ruta de las Flores
Whilst in El Salvador we headed up north to Ruta de las Flores, a route of tiny towns that are known for gastronomic markets, coffee and art, perfecto! The first day we were there it rained, what else to do…