Last year at this time, we had just started our world travel. We were staying at the Hotel Aranjuez. I encountered my first Costa Rican spider and wrote the following. Enjoy!
Thoughts After Seven Months of Travel
It seems a shame to me that in the last 7 months, we didn’t see more, do more, meet more people. We had plans to do and accomplish different things, and I kind of feel like we planned to do…
Where Have You Been?
Carrie &Jonathon, I’m confused looking at your site… you guys have traveld a lot looks like… where all have u been? james Hey James! Well, we have done a lot of travel in the past, but since October, we’ve been
Podcast #5: The Northern Part of Central America
In this podcast, we cover about 7 weeks of travel, from the time we left Granada, Nicaragua, early in December, through today, January 18. Download the travel podcast MP3 here We cover our travels through places and experiences like:
How We’ve Spent The Last Few Days
There’s not much newsworthy to report when you spend a few days in a hotel in Costa Rica, working on a computer and talking on the phone (We use Skype for most of our calling – Carrie’s actually on the…
Tourism Map of Central America: Our Map from 3 months of Travel
In three months, we visited 6 countries, covered over 2,500 land miles (mostly by bus) and saw some really amazing places. We also met some truly fantastic people – both people who are involved in tourism as tourists and tourist…
Carrie’s Current countries visited
visited 15 states (6.66%)Create your own visited map of The World On our trip through Central America, I got to add 6 countries to my map of visited countries. It’s too bad not all of them have a stamp representation…
Geckos, Roosters, Fireworks, Car Alarms, Children, Dogs, Sneezing, Parades and Bells, Doorbells, and Construction
What can you really do about so much noise but laugh? I’m a relatively light sleeper, and have learned to travel with earplugs. In fact, before departing on this part of our travel/working experience, Carrie and I bought a box…
La Paz Waterfall Gardens: Waterfalls Near Poas Volcano
La Paz Waterfall Gardens is not only a set of gardens and waterfalls, it’s also a small zoo with monkeys, birds, and butterfiles. The waterfalls of La Paz are beautiful and are a great way to see part of Costa Rica. La Paz Waterfalls and gardens are near Poas Volcano.
Poas Volcano and National Park: Costa Rica’s Poas Volcano
Rainy in the morning at Volcano Poas? Go to La Paz waterfall gardens or do zip lines first, and then go to the top of the volcano. Volcano Poas will give you some great views of it’s crater, as well as of the lake at the top of the volcano, if you’re patient and working on Costa Rican “Pura Vida” time.