10 a.m. Rainy and chilly morning, feels like 17 C even though the AccuWeather tells me it is 27 C. Firecrackers already going off. Vendors doing their morning rounds walking up and down the streets yelling from the top of their lungs bananas, galo pinto, underpants, or whatever else they have…
San Juan del Sur, the hottest spot in the country, the best surfing paradise in Latin America, a funky beach town with magical sunsets, a fishing village turned A Tourism City of Nicaragua. So true. But San Juan del Sur is also a typical 100% backpackers destination. Well, maybe 99%.…
A beach, a beach, my kingdom for a beach. 5 a.m. pick up doesn’t sound like much fun and it isn’t. But this is the time, Caribe Shuttle leaves San Jose for Nicaragua. I missed the beaches in Panama. I missed the beaches in Costa Rica (the nice ones) so…
Sightseeing time. My first in Costa Rica. Destination? The famous Monteverde Cloud Forest where I was promised a hike in the clouds, a walk on suspended bridges above the forest canopy .. and maybe, maybe (if I wanted) a return form the forest zip-lining. WOW. Monteverde has it all, best…
If you ever thought, as I did, that two teeny tiny (in size and population) neighboring Central American countries sharing culture, geography, history, nature, roots, colonization, language and much more, the characteristics that (at least on the paper) appear to be identical or at least very similar… you’d be wrong. So, so…
November 2017 in Escazu, Costa Rica Living abroad or traveling the world can be (and always is) not only educational but also a life-changing experience. The more we open our mind, and other senses, the more open we will be to accepting new things or different cultures. The more accepting…
October 31, Escazú, San Jose – Costa Rica “Ladies and gentlemen, we have started our descent … the temperature at the destination is 21 C and it’s raining“. Qué? 21? Didn’t he mean to say 31? I landed in San Jose, Costa Rica. Such a short distance away from Panama…
October 2017 in Panama City, Panama It must have been some 20 years ago that I stumbled upon a documentary I cannot forget. Heartbreaking yet eye-opening stories of traumatized Somalian orphans and their struggle for survival after having lost the parents to AIDS epidemics. What surprised me the most was…
October, Panama City, Panama Casco Viejo (Old Town) a.k.a. San Felipe or for short Casco is the historic district in Panama City and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Only a few years ago the place was just another forgotten slum but is today undergoing a major restoration and well on the…
Panama City, Panama in September 2017 We will probably never know when exactly people began to brunch but the first mention of this culinary tradition was recorded in 1895 and, slowly but surely, the popularity of brunching as one of the top Sunday pastimes has been on the rise ever…
