mojacar
 7 Eylül 2016, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
						Halifax
 24 Kasım 2016, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
						Solana's birthday celebrations
 13 Aralık 2016, İngiltere ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
						We celebrated Solana's 4th birthday at the weekend. She knows that we are going on our "Big Adventure" when she is 4, so not long now - we fly out 5 weeks today!
Stockton-on-Tees
 31 Aralık 2016, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
						
								She weighs 13.5kg - how much luggage do you think she can carry?!!! Getting a bit worried about how little stuff we're actually going to be able to carry....
Happy New Year to you all.
				
			
No work for 4 months!
 13 Ocak 2017, İngiltere ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
						We enjoyed the cold crisp Winter weather today, before our imminent journey to the Tropics. Me and Solana went for a walk in the park, where we enjoyed making snow angels and breaking ice with sticks.Okumaya devam et
Let the adventure begin....
 16 Ocak 2017, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
						We left home today, setting off on our Big Adventure. We have 31kg of luggage in our main bags (less than we thought) and 14.5kg in our day bags (more than we thought!). Solana has carried her 1.6kgOkumaya devam et
Safe arrival in Costa Rica
 19 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
						We arrived safely in Playa Hermosa on the Pacific shore of Costa Rica the night before last, after a long (21 hour) but smooth journey. Staying in a little villa with great swimming pool (which SolanaOkumaya devam et
Playa Hermosa, Pacific coast
 20 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
						We enjoyed our couple of days in Playa Hermosa, supposedly recovering from our jet lag. We're all still waking pretty early but that is actually turning out to be an advantage, as early morning is aOkumaya devam et
Monteverde cloud forest
 21 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
						We're now in the Monteverde area for a few days. Spent the day today in the Monteverde Cloud Forest reserve, walking the trails, enjoying the views and spotting wildlife (which is actually moreOkumaya devam et
Curi-Cancha cloud forest reserve
 22 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ -7 °C
						We spent today exploring the trails of Curi-Cancha cloud forest reserve. It was fantastic - at least as good as the main Monteverde reserve, if not better. It is at a slightly lower elevation, so wasOkumaya devam et
Moving on in Monteverde
 23 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
						Last night we ate again in one of the cheapest and best restaurants in town - this time I had rice without the beans, for a change! This morning we said goodbye to our hotel with coatis on theOkumaya devam et
Last day in Monteverde
 24 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
						We had a relaxed day, wandering the trails of our lodge in Valle Escondido, today. One of our favourite places along the trails was the "hammock garden" - a lovely place to relax, until a 4-year-oldOkumaya devam et
Uvita, Pacific coast
 26 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
						Yesterday we moved on from Monteverde to Uvita, on the Southern, Pacific, coast of Costa Rica. The journey took about 5 hours but we saw plenty along the way, including vultures and other birds ofOkumaya devam et
Last day on the Pacific coast
 27 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
						After a shaky start in Uvita and a lack of whales, we had a great day today and have decided that we do like the place after all! This morning we went to Playa Ventanas. We had to drive through aOkumaya devam et
Finding the way to San Jose
 28 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
						Today started well but turned out not to be the finest of our trip... We went for an early morning walk and saw lots of birds, including at least 9 new species, bringing our bird species total so farOkumaya devam et
Poas volcano
 30 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
						We left Hotel Mango and drove North through the mountains (on quite a hairy road that Laura, who is doing the driving, took surprisingly calmly!) to Volcan Poas National Park. Undeterred by the signsOkumaya devam et
Sarapiqui rainforest
 30 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
						We had a couple of days (3 nights) staying at Chilamate Rainforest Ecolodge in the Sarapiqui rainforest. The lodge has its own trails, so it was easy to explore the forest on foot. Solana quiteOkumaya devam et
Spiders, sloths and sickness
 31 Ocak 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
						A bit of a shaky start to the day as Laura was ill in the night with D+V. The first illness of our trip, although I'm sure it won't be our last.... We went on a guided walk and saw green and brownOkumaya devam et
Tortuguero
 2 Şubat 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
						We arrived in Tortuguero on Wednesday. Tortuguero is an isolated place, that can only be reached by boat or air - we opted for the former. This area is the wettest part of Costa Rica - very hot andOkumaya devam et
Tortuguero village
 2 Şubat 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
						This afternoon we visited Tortuguero village - just across the river from where we're staying. The Caribbean black-sand beach here (see photo) is one of the most important turtle nesting beaches inOkumaya devam et
Last day in Tortuguero
 3 Şubat 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
						Today we got up early and went on a wildlife boat trip at 5:45am. It was worth it as we saw a lot of animals and birds, including more 3-toed sloths (the 2-toed variety has eluded us so far), . HereOkumaya devam et
More Tortuguero wildlife
 3 Şubat 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
						A few more photos of the Tortuguero wildlife. This really is an amazing place to spot wildlife. We love that Solana is interested in the wildlife too - most of the time (although I will confess thatOkumaya devam et
Going Caribbean
 5 Şubat 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
						We left Tortuguero on Saturday, after finding a hummingbird nest in the hotel grounds that morning – an amazing thing to see. Hummingbirds are tiny, weighing just a few grams each, so I can’tOkumaya devam et
Cahuita National Park
 6 Şubat 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
						Today we had a leisurely breakfast whilst sitting out the rain (we are virtually in the rainforest here, after all I suppose!). Once the sky brightened a bit we ventured out and had a walk in theOkumaya devam et
Cahuita
 7 Şubat 2017, Kosta Rika ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
						Another day spent in Cahuita. This is a lovely, friendly and chilled out place to stay - but if you want anything in a hurry, forget it! This place doesn't just work on "Costa Rica time", it works onOkumaya devam et























































































































































mg.bigadventureThe Morgan-Gardiners holidaying in Andalucia, getting into practice for our “big adventure” – the sun, sling & Spanish! We now have just a couple of months left to get prepared for our departure in January. Our biggest concern is the realisation that we will have to manage with less luggage for 4 months of travelling than we took to Spain for one week last month!