How we got from Quito, Ecuador to Las Lajas Basilica in Las Lajas, Colombia (near Ipiales). We eventually took a bus from Quito to the Colombian border, but didn’t know about this one thing that everyone should know before they…
Podcast #4: San Jose to Granada, Nicaragua
Gold museum Rental Car (cheap meant $42 + $12) Day 1 thwarted activities (Irazu) Guayabo National Park -rain Awesomeness of Suzuki and mud bogging Day 2 thwarted activities (Poas + La Paz) Day 3 activities (Poas) sloth – led to…
Granada, Nicaragua: First Impressions
I’d heard good things about Granada, Nicaragua. But most of the descriptions I’ve heard of it say that it is a “colonial city”. I didn’t really know what that meant. I expected to see a lot of colonial-style architecture. What…
Oh Wonder of Wonders! AC, Hot Showers, and Crossing the Sixaola Bridge Into Panama
Puerto Viejo to Sixaola Bridge to Almirante to Bocas Del Toro, Panama. We’re staying at Hotel Angela in Bocas Del Toro, but getting here, we traveled the bridge between Costa Rica and Panama, traveling over the Sixaola River. The Sixaola Bridge is something to see at least once in your lifetime, without question. Maybe just cross the bridge at Sixaola once though.