Up until this point in the trip, I would say for the most part we have been pretty healthy. I got a cold the week we got here and lost my voice, and Sean had a sore throat for a few days, but with a combination of Eastern and Western medicine we were fine.
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Some of you may have read my post on the volcano hike in Ometepe Nicaragua. I had to do a little legwork to organize that hike and met a few guys from the US that were interested in going (a group rate is always cheaper–and more fun).
Rick and Steve were two brothers interested in [...]
“Shit out… Out… OUT!” came the voice of my Italian instructor over the walkie-talkie. No, I was not being coached through a bowel movement. This was the last thing I heard before being forcefully dragged face first through the water. Breaking the surface, choking and blinded by salt water, the next thing I [...]
Today we began our journey from the northern part of Costa Rica to a town south of San Jose called San Marcos. Look how light we are traveling!
We began our trip at 6am on the chicken bus out of Bahia Salinas. There was nowhere to sit, so I [...]
Today we made our first border crossing. Now there are a few ways to cross the border from Nicaragua into Costa Rica. You can take a TransNica or Tica bus which is like a Greyhound bus. They will stamp your passports for you, walk you through the process, and take you across [...]
