Timely Escape
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Though the plane was almost 2 hours late leaving Toronto I still managed to get out of town before another sizeable snowfall hit the city.
Folks back home are digging out while I am digging the heatLeer más
Though the plane was almost 2 hours late leaving Toronto I still managed to get out of town before another sizeable snowfall hit the city.
Folks back home are digging out while I am digging the heatLeer más
As a mid continental land lubber, the sea fascinates me. The cycle of the waves, the tides and the creatures that thrive here are all foreign to my upbringing and existence back in Toronto.
I haveLeer más
The gringos are subtly discouraged from taking local buses and as a result taxi fares are super expensive. The proprietor at the Tamarindo hotel wrote me a note in Spanish that helped get me on theLeer más
For a full week visitors from Toronto and I lived the good life at Villa Sol Resort in Playa Hermosa. It is located on the Pacific coast an hour’s drive north of Tamarindo . The unit we stayed inLeer más
As my northern visitors were winging their way back to the Great White North I was taking a bus then a series of shuttles across Costa Rica to the Caribbean coast.
The trek took about 12 hours. AfterLeer más
Last Saturday I got picked up at my bed and breakfast (Physis) at 5:50 A.M. by a shuttle company to take me from Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica to Bocas del Toro in Panama. The first van ride took a groupLeer más
A young local woman who was on my bus got off the bus where I did, somewhere on the sandy coastal road at Bluff Beach. She didn’t speak English but waved me to follow her through a gate.
I hadLeer más
My yoga friends were long gone when I caught the bus to Bocas Town. There I waited half an hour to catch my boat-bus back to Almirante. Being on a bigger boat and on much calmer water, the return tripLeer más
What an interesting place this is - so completely different from the beach side experience of Bocas del Toro. With an elevation of 1200 m above sea level, it is noticeably cooler than the coast butLeer más