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Début du voyage
28 septembre 2025
Central and South America Ben Marsh
Time to go
28–29 sept. 2025, Angleterre ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Leaving today and heading out!
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Voyageurgreat to hear from you. we oldies are very jealous ,
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Waiting for San Jose
29–30 sept. 2025, Colombie ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Waiting for my connection to San Jose, Costa Rica
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Voyageurgood luck love from the oldies
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Ben MarshThankyou!
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Arrived in San Jose
29 septembre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Flying from Bogota, Colombia to San Jose, Costa Rica
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Breakfast in San Jose then to La Fortuna
29 septembre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Having breakfast at the hotel before I catch my shuttle to La Fortuna.

San Jose has been pretty interesting... the tourism department of Costa Rica does not cover the city and I see why. Everyone is incredibly friendly and helpful but the city is pretty rough!En savoir plus
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Voyageur My kind of breakfast
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El Salto swimming hole, La Fortuna
30 septembre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ 🌩️ 29 °C
El Salto is the free local swimming hole used by locals and tourists in La Fortuna.

Everyone takes turns on the rope swing out over the deep water in the middle. Super nice to be in cold water, it is really really humid in La Fortuna.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Tarzan !
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Night walk at the base of Arenal Volcano
30 septembre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ 🌩️ 23 °C
First wildlife hike! Lots of tree frogs, some spiders and plenty of bats
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VoyageurLove that
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Voyageurenjoy the wildlife, lovelypic of the frog …the oldies!
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Mistico park
1 octobre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Voyageur Looks wonderful
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Ben MarshYep really amazing, felt like real jungle
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Voyageurany birds?
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Ben MarshYes I saw plenty of birds! I will send you some pictures once I get them off of my camera :)
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Travel to and arrival in Monteverde
2 octobre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Caught the Monteverde express from La Fortuna to Monteverde today which is a jeep to a boat, across a lake and then another jeep.

Met some great people on the boat who I then spent the rest of the day with. Another night walk where we saw plenty of birds and a viper.

Tomorrow is up into the cloud forest properly!En savoir plus
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Brunch at Monteverde
3 octobre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Added one more day at Monteverde to spend time with the group of people that I have been moving around with.

Great group of us! 3 brits including me, 2 Germans and an Australian.

Tomorrow it is on to Quepos on the pacific coast and another national park, Manuel Antonio.En savoir plus
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VoyageurNice green lunch !
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Voyageur nice lunch we think? just had ours sausage and bacon for Grandad and tomato sandwich for me.
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Ben MarshIt was lunch! It was a burrito made at a local cafe. Not sure why it was green but it was very tasty.
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Ben MarshTomato sandwich sounds great at the moment, I have never eaten so much rice in my whole life
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Arrival in Quepos
5–7 oct. 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
First time on the coast but back in the heat! Monteverde cloud forest was high in the mountains and much cooler with low humidity.

Quepos is next to Manuel Antonio and down at the sea, beautiful sunsets and hopefully scarlett macaws!

Long 6 hour bus journey from Monteverde but it was great fun with a couple of local guys giving us great advice.

Still travelling with my new best mate Anna.

Also currently staying at the nicest hostel in existence. Amazing host and freshly baked banana bread with fresh fruit on arrival?!En savoir plus
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Picture update!
5 octobre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
A collection of photos that I've taken across Costa Rica so far.
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VoyageurBeautiful photos- love the Toucan like one!
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Ben MarshCheers Andrew!
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VoyageurLeave a comment …
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Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio
6 octobre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Visited Manuel Antonio national park and saw many amazing animals!

We also saw an injured armadillo being helped by a park ranger.
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Voyageur Great picture
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Ben MarshMonkeys are a favourite!
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Voyageur Brilliant photos
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Ben Marsh❤️
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Baby turtles!
7 octobre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Our hostel host organised a last minute journey out to the beach at Quepos to release baby turtles. We had an amazing 4x4 ride down the beach before letting the newly hatched turtles make a break for the waterEn savoir plus
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A one night stop in Dominical
8–9 oct. 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
We were meant to head all the way down from Quepos to Uvita but ended up stopping at Dominical instead.

Anna had a friend she met in Panama staying that and we stopped to say hi. Ended up hiring surfboards and staying the night!

On to Puerto Jimenez and the Osa peninsula today.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Looks pretty flat for body boarding !
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Ben MarshThat would be a pretty long body board!
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Arrived in Puerto Jimenez
8–10 oct. 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Full day travelling from Dominical to Puerto Jimenez.

Puerto Jimenez is on the Osa peninsula and is the gateway to Corcovado National Park. Unfortunately, Corcovado is shut in the rainy season but there is still lots to see.

Spending tomorrow with a local guide to see great wildlife. Fingers crossed for tapir, and maybe if we are incredibly lucky, jaguar.

Journey here was a long bus ride followed by a taxi driver who introduced himself as Tony the Tiger. Threw our stuff in the flat bed of his truck and then drove us into town.

Shook hands on $20, charged me $30. Classic.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Sponsored by Uncle Richard !
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The wild Osa Peninsula
9 octobre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
The Osa Peninsula is among the most remote parts of Costa Rica and is described by National Geographic as one of the most biologically intense places on earth. The landscapes and wildlife are incredible, and spending the day journeying around the Peninsula with a local photographer in his 4x4 made it even cooler.En savoir plus
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VoyageurFantastic photos 🥰
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Ferry to Golfito
10 octobre 2025, Costa Rica ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
Leaving the Osa Peninsula and getting the ferry over to Golfito. Then a bus journey to the Panama la frontera and a walk through border control!

Beautiful weather for a boat trip
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VoyageurVery similar to the Lake District last weekend. Possibly a little warmer with you though.
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Ben MarshOnly slightly!
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True American truck driver
10 octobre 2025, Panama ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Crazy day, started on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica and caught a ferry across Golfo Dulce before catching a bus to the Panamanian border.

Accidentally walked across the border the first time and had to quickly turn around.

After struggling through passport control I met a truck driver called Johon who offered me a lift to David city in his Pan American truck.

Craziest day I've had so far! Safely made it to Boquete in the Panama mountains.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Looks like a good ride. did you get to drive? N & G
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Ben MarshI didn't get to drive but it was very cool being up in the cab!
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2 nights in Boquete
11 octobre 2025, Panama ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
2 nights in an amazing hostel up in the mountain town of Boquete. It is a much cooler climate up here and, most importantly, has no mosquitos.

Tomorrow marks 2 weeks travelling. Feels like so much longer already.

A great night's sleep in a beautiful hostel and then back down to the coast. Tomorrow is Santa Catalina!En savoir plus
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VoyageurLooks like a lovely hostel
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Surf stay in Santa Catalina
14 octobre 2025, Panama ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Came to Santa Catalina on a spur of the moment decision and have ended up staying for 4 nights.

Beautiful place on the coast and I've stayed in a hostel with really amazing people.

Snorkeling with turtles and sharks with a guest appearance of a black tip reef shark scaring the life out of me.En savoir plus
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VoyageurBen rather you than Grandad, what a wonderful experience, our morning treat reading about your exploits NannyandGrndad x
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Ben MarshI reckon Grandad could have taken him! Glad you are enjoying them!
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VoyageurLooks like you surfaced pretty quickly whenthe black tip appeared! Don't blame you.
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Ben MarshVery rapidly, dog sized sharks are fine. Shark sized sharks are a little different...
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Living inside a volcanic crater
16–19 oct. 2025, Panama ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Spending 3 days in the mountain town of El Valle de Anton before heading down into Panama City.

El Valle de Anton is inside the crater of an extinct volcano and is surrounded on all sides by the rim of that volcano. Really strange to look around and see a ring of mountains in every direction!

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VoyageurLooks fantastic. Great photos
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VoyageurSo cool
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VoyageurKeep those lovely photos coming. they will be great for calendars and photographic competitions.love G andN…….
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VoyageurSEHR SCHÖN.👍👍
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2 days in Panama City before San Blas
20 octobre 2025, Panama ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Strange to be back in a city after nearly a month of villages, jungle and surf but also pretty nice! Panama City is busy and has a really interesting mix of old town and new skyscrapers.

Unfortunately no time to visit the canal with too much prep to do for my next leg, San Blas islands!

San Blas is an autonomous region governed by the Kuna people. I'm spending the next 4 days island hopping my way to Colombia.

No signal at sea so see you ain Colombia!En savoir plus
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VoyageurWhat a fantastic adventure, loving the updates!
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Voyageur weather looks a bit cloudy, but I expect it’s still warm. Very heavy showers here and getting cooler. Are you still with the group?
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First time for everything,Caribbean sea!
21 octobre 2025, Panama ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Setting off for the San Blas islands this morning, check back in 5 days!
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VoyageurEnjoy , looks lovely
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VoyageurWow it looks amazing. Enjoy xx
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Goedub - Kuna Yala indigenous community
22 octobre 2025, Panama ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Wrapping up my last night in Kuna Yala, the autonomous region in the north of Panama and Colombia. The Kuna people fought for their autonomy a hundred years ago and are independent with their own congress.

Kuna guides have sailed us through their islands for 3 days and tomorrow we arrive in Colombia.En savoir plus
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VoyageurLooks lovely ,
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Voyageur Windy and rainy here in Chagford, are you sleeping in that hammock or in the boat? N&G
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VoyageurLooks like a great trip and fun too!
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VoyageurReally interesting- never knew such a place existed. Beautiful too.😀
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Kuna Yala - Look back
23 octobre 2025, Panama ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Kuna Yala is going to leave a mark on me for a really long time. Everyone that I travelled through the islands with is an amazing person. The Kuna people were selfless and lovely bar none.

Kuna society functioning without jobs or money is something to think about for me. No need for materialism when you and your neighbours have everything that you could need.

Here are some pictures that cant come close to capturing how amazing my time there was.En savoir plus
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VoyageurLooks amazing ❤️
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Voyageur Fresh lobster !
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VoyageurWhat an experience Ben. Can’t wait to hear all about it. Keep taking the photos ! X
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