Day #0 Milton Keynes
February 17, 2025 in England ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Journey start from MK to Gatwick airport.
Day #1 Gatwick Airport
February 18, 2025 in England ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Waiting for our first flight ✈️
Day #1 Costa Rica
February 18, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Day #2 Costa Rica (part 1)
February 19, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Walk around the hotel garden
Day #2 Costa Rica (part 2)
February 19, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Jungle walk and waterfall
Natural hot springs
Day #3 Costa Rica
February 20, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Saw 2 toucans at the hotel this morning during breakfast.
Visit to the Blue Waterfalls of Costa Rica on a very wet day.
Quick dip in the swimming hole and 4 beautiful waterfalls.
Day #4 Costa Rica
February 21, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
White water rafting on Rio Sarapiqui.
Day #5 Costa Rica
February 22, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Soggy walk near Arenal volcano and La Fortuna.
Saw a toucan and umbrella bird.
Travel by boat to Monteverde.
Day #6 Costa Rica
February 23, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Visit to Selvatura park for zip lining, hanging bridges, sloth sanctuary, butterfly house and reptile/amphibian house.
Zip lining superman style was amazing - like being a bird.
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Day #7 Costa Rica
February 24, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Travel day to Manuel Antonio.
Saw some crocodiles 🐊 on the way.
Found a 2 for 1 cocktail bar on the beach.
Day #8 Costa Rica (part 1)
February 25, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Lazy morning in Manuel Antonio.
Walk along the beach, drinking a coconut.
Day #8 Costa Rica (part 2)
February 25, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Night jungle walk in Rainmaker Park.
Spotted lots of animals and insects.
Day #9 Costa Rica
February 26, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Morning in Manuel Antonio national park seeing monkeys and a sloth 🦥
Evening seeing a cheeky monkey steal mayonnaise from the restaurant and being visited by a porcupine on the balcony.
Day #10 Costa Rica
February 27, 2025 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Not much today.
Went for a run this morning on the beach ⛱️ So hot 🥵 and difficult.
Travel day to hotel 🛏️ by San Jose airport. Early flight tomorrow.
Day #11 Costa Rica to San Francisco
February 28, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Early start at 2 am and travel day to San Francisco, California, USA via a stop in El Salvador.
Nap for a little bit this afternoon then walk around San Francisco harbour and piers.
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Day #12 San Francisco
March 1, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Day trip to the Golden Gate Bridge and Muir Woods to see the giant redwood trees.
Day #13 San Francisco
March 2, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Long walk to Presidio park and back along the coast.
Saw the Yoda fountain at the Lucas Arts offices.
Trip in a self-driving car for dinner.
Day #14 San Francisco
March 3, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Trip to Alcatraz today. Good views of the city and interesting to see the cells.
Day #15 San Francisco to Nadi, Fiji
March 4, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Not much happened today. Travel day to Nadi, Fiji.
Evening flight and Shaun wasn't well so stayed local to the hotel.
Day #16 and #17 Nadi, Fiji
March 6, 2025 in Fiji ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Left San Francisco on a Tuesday, arrived in Fiji on a Thursday. That's a day of my life I'll never get back.
Walk along the beach and visit to the Garden of the Sleeping Giant whilst we wait toRead more
Day #18 Nadi, Fiji
March 7, 2025 in Fiji ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Visit to a town about 40 minutes out but not much there.
Then we went to Sabeto hot springs and mud pool to relax a bit. There was no one else there so it was basically private for us 😄
Day #19 Fiji (part 1)
March 8, 2025 in Fiji ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
Early start to go to a secluded Natadola beach in the south of the island.
Roads were a bit of a mess, but the beach was worth it. There was no one on it except for us.
Day #19 Fiji (part 2)
March 8, 2025 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Continued the road trip to Sigatoka Sand Dunes national park.
Basically had the sand dunes to ourselves - didn't see another person whilst waking. 5km walk over the huge dunes and on the beach.Read more
Day #19 Fiji (part 3)
March 8, 2025 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Next stop was Kula WILD Adventure Park.
It was more for children than we thought but it was interesting to see the animals, and we got to go on another zip line and the water slide!
