Trip: Sabbatical
There are [38] stories from my trip: Sabbatical
PANAMA | Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | Views [477]
First stop in Panama was Bocas Del Toros, an island on the Caribbean side on the country. After a day of travelling from Costa Rica, we checked into the Mondo Taitu hostel. The first thing they did was inform us the $0.50 happy hour started in 30 ... Read more >
PANAMA | Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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COSTA RICA | Monday, 2 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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COSTA RICA | Saturday, 31 May 2008 | Views [534]
Next stop was La Fortuna via a jeep / horse / boat transfer. The riding part was supposed to take 3 hours. However our 2 horses seemed to want to race each other the whole way. So an hour and a half (and one very sore butt) later, we had arrived! La Fortuna´s ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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COSTA RICA | Saturday, 24 May 2008 | Views [385]
We´re now in Monteverde in the cloud forest of inland
Costa
Rica where the weather is sunny in the mornings
and currently bucketing it down all afternoon. Today we went on a zip-lining
tour over the forests and through the trees, which was ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Thursday, 22 May 2008 | Views [333]
After a brief trip back to Manchester (congratulations Angela and Darren!), we flew on down to San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica.
(It´s actually embarrassing how much geography I am learning on this
trip but yes, I can now name the capitals ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Thursday, 22 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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GUATEMALA | Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | Views [365]
After the authenticity of Xela and the laidbackness (bordering on horizontal) of San Pedro, Antigua was a slight shock. The guide books say, "In the list of true Guatemalan towns, Antigua would feature at the bottom". This is certainly as ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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GUATEMALA | Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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GUATEMALA | Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Views [1276]
What better place could there be to relax and recover from our walk than San Pedro La Laguna on Lake Atitlan ? This hippy hangout is right on the waterfront and as we arrived by boat there was a distinct smell of marijuana drifting across the ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Monday, 5 May 2008 | Views [527] | Comments [2]
It seemed like such a good idea, rather than an
uncomfortable bus ride from Xela to Lago Atitlan, we would hike there. Get to
see some Mayan villages up close, meet more people, get some exercise and
support a good cause, we had both done D of ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Friday, 2 May 2008 | Views [411]
On arriving
in Xela we decided it was high time we did something about our appalling
Spanish. A quick scout round the local schools revealed that most were closed
on Saturdays but the one that was open had a beautiful old courtyard and it
only ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Thursday, 1 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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GUATEMALA | Friday, 25 Apr 2008 | Views [488]
After a dusty drive from the border, we arrived in Flores. It´s a
pretty little town built on an island in the middle of a lake. We found
a hostel with a room, not that great, but a really nice roof deck with
stunning lake views, and hammocks! After ... Read more >
MEXICO | Sunday, 20 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
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MEXICO | Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Views [368]
Well we
made it out of Manhattan, down to Cancun. got out of Cancun as fast as we
could, and by evening were in a little hostel close to the beach side ruins in
Tulum, about as far as you can get from the "1 tequila 2 tequila 3 tequila
floor"... Read more >
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