Coast of Riches: A Journey Through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama Day 5: Exploring Manuel Antonio, going through San Jose then taking a bus to and getting stuck at Paso Canoas the border town in the middle of the night. Day’s Itinerary We were up at 8 a.m. and got ready for the day. The … Continue reading Beautiful Manuel Antonio to Awful Paso Canoas
Coast of Riches: A Journey Through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama Day 4: Climbing Cerro Chato next to Arenal and swimming in the lake of the crater, spending a day on hellish roads to Monte Verde and finally ending in Quepos. Day’s Itinerary The sun rose around 5:45 a.m. and so did I. Enjoying the … Continue reading Arenal-ine Rush through Costa Rica!
Coast of Riches: A Journey Through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama Day 3: Bus travel to the Nicaraguan border and crossing into country 48, Costa Rica, at Penas Blancas. Then taking crazy drive to Arenal Volcano where we “ran into” a surprise highlight of the trip! Day Itinerary We started our day around 8 am, … Continue reading Crossing the Border at Penas Blancas into Costa Rica
Coast of Riches: A Journey Through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama Day 2: A road trip to Ometepe the volcano islands and then to Granada for dinner, before heading back to San Juan del Sur. Day’s Itinerary It was strange to wake up with the sun shining in through the large balcony windows and realize … Continue reading Twin Peaks of Ometepe and Granada in a Day!
March On, Bahamaland! Day 3: Exploring the Grand Lucayan property and visiting the famous Lucayan National Park. The Grand Lucayan Waking up to the warm sunlight shining through the balcony window reminded me that I had a mission, to get extremely burnt. I jumped out of bed and headed to Grand Lucayan’s beach, where Christina … Continue reading The Truly Grand Lucayan
Cruising for Saints in the Caribbean Day 8: Checking off Saint Lucia, country 44/196! Driving to see the Pitons by the Government House then stopping at the Sulphur Springs for a mud bath. Finally a quick stroll through downtown Castries before boarding our ship. With another day to explore a new island, we left the … Continue reading What Large Pitons you have Saint Lucia!
Cruising for Saints in the Caribbean Day 7: Arriving in country 43/196 and seeing the main sights of Barbados in a day. A road trip through Bridgetown, visiting the best east coast beaches, St. Nicholas Abbey, and Mount Gay. To explore the island state of the Barbados, my sister, brother and I decided to split … Continue reading Lemme See Barbados in a Day!
Paradise Found in the Indian Ocean: Day 3 Visiting Sigiriya to Colombo with stops in Dambulla and Kandy. At 6:30 am, we surveyed the damage from the mosquitoes. Looks like the only war victim was Christina. Stepping out of our room, we had the first look of our hotel, The Lion Rock, in daylight. Breakfast … Continue reading Sigiriya to Colombo with a Taste of Kandy
Paradise Found in the Indian Ocean: Day 2 Visiting Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, passing through Mihintale, and ending the day in Sigiriya! I awoke at 7 am to a tropical bird cacophony, my morning alarm. I marveled at the variety and number of birds that I saw and heard. With an uncomfortable car ride, a 2 … Continue reading Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa Make for a “Stupa-endous” Day!