A corporate escapee, creating a non-traditional life of flexibility and freedom. This site is my travel journal, full of my experiences, thoughts and findings. Hopefully among these travel stories you will find some inspiration and lots of practical tips, both for travel junkies or dabblers.
When you are in Costa Rica, you have a lot of animals literally on your doorstep. You don’t have to go into the jungle to find them, sometimes they find you, but certainly staying in a jungle environment (especially in […]
We arrived in the dark. That’s not unusual in Costa Rica which is close to the equator and while we were there, would start to get dark about 6 pm and be completely dark by 7. It does make it […]
Getting to La Fortuna from Jaco, though not far as the crow flies, is a not a journey for the faint-hearted. Particularly if your transport has virtually no suspension. For this journey, we used Interbus as there were no Caribe […]
Onto the worlds best taco later, but I will say that the food and drink in Jaco was definitely our favourite thing about the place. It’s a funny place and I wasn’t sure about going there as it has a […]
Not that there was larks. More like up with the howler monkeys!! Manuel Antonio was where I first fell deeply, madly in love with Costa Rica. But like any good romantic comedy, I had to feel some hate before I […]
Atenas is one of those places which pops up in lists of most pleasant places to live. Mostly because it has such a kind climate, but also with it’s proximity to San Jose city and the airport and the coast […]
