Carmen told us that if there is only one tour, this is the one. We took off in the morning with four of her other guests, a Brazilian couple and two young Romanian women. First Stop: Fuel. We were picked up at Carmen’s dock, then stopped at one of the docks. There was a lot […]
Beach
Las Lajas Playa
Sharna had old us that this beach was really something. Kevin, the Panama City tour guide, told us the tides go up 7 – 17 feet between high and low. in, the Panama City tour guide, told us the tides go up 7 – 17 feet between high and low. Given this beach is not […]
Playa Playitas
We decided to go to the beach, so we asked Annie Lambert, a neighbor who helps out Kevin, (we’re at Kevin’s place), where to go. Annie did not disappoint. She found us a driver who took us to Playa Playita. When we were at Manuel Antonio yesterday, they claimed that Playa Numero Tres, the beach […]
Manuel Antonio
Manuel Antonio is two first names. Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio is a small National Park in on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos. Established in 1972 with a land area of about 3 square miles (the smallest of any Costa Rican national park), it is the destination of as many as 150,000 visitors annually and well […]
Selvatura
We’re baaaack! Ellen and I, and our good friend Marlene, flew into Liberia, Costa Rica on the afternoon of Saturday, December 30th. It was 14 degrees below zero when we left MSP. Liberia had a high of 90 degrees the day we arrived. The sun set quickly, so we weren’t able to see much as […]
The Algarve
We took the overnight from Madrid to Lisbon. It is the only train between the two cities, and runs on old, bumpy, slow, and uncomfortable track. One would think that Spain is not the largest trading partner of Portugal. As we arrived at 7:20 in the morning, we decided to head straight down to the […]
Adios Beach!
We got the all clear, spent a few more days chilling, and then headed out. It was about 10 or 15 minutes before sunset the night before leaving. Susan had gone to Manglaralto and was meeting us for dinner in Montañita. Eric, the Quebecois plumber who lives in the casita behind the house came in and […]
Santa Cruz Environs
Blakey was a great tour guide, exploring Santa Cruz and its surrounding area with us. We drove up to UC Santa Cruz. I didn’t get photos, but the place seemed like a ski resort without snow. The buildings didn’t look anything like any college I’ve ever seen. It is located on top of a mountain, […]
Surfing in Capitola
Capitola is a beach town nestled just south of Santa Cruz, California. One of its most notable characteristics is the surfing. Monterey Bay’s north end curls at one end of the town, causing the waves turning into the coast to be good for surfing. The rocky cliffs and narrow beaches, on the other hand, make […]
Pacific
We went down the Pacific Coast Highway in Northern California for a while. We went through the seaside cities of Fort Bragg and Mendocino. The waves were huge today. It is also a little eerie when entering “tsunami zones.” Click on picture for slide show: