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Looking back on my two months in Latin America, there is just so much happiness that floods through me.
It was such an incredible time – a time of adventure, activity, friendship, and many. many smiles.
As well as my wrap up video above, I thought I’d share some of my favourite photos from my trip.
Continue reading “Looking back on two months in Latin America”
Laying on a beach bordered on one side with bright blue ocean, and on the other by a Nature Park filled with monkeys and other wildlife going about their business, I thought to myself, “This is paradise.”
It looked like paradise, it felt like paradise: Therefore I shall always refer to Manuel Antonio as my little slice of paradise. Continue reading “Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica: The destination for the adventurous”
Four things you must do when in Costa Rica:
I did all four in Monteverde, basically the capital of adventure in Costa Rica. Continue reading “Ziplining through the cloud forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica”
The La Fortuna Waterfall is a wonderous sight, but it’s not a waterfall you want to stand under for a pretty holiday snap.
The volume of water that spills 70m to literally crush down into the blue pool below would kill you if you stood directly below it.
So just look, but don’t touch. Continue reading “Combating fears: Canyoneering in La Fortuna, Costa Rica”
Did you know that Costa Rican cacao is some of the finest in the world? That means Costa Rica is a haven for chocolate lovers.
There’s an endless number of chocolate or cacao tours you can do, to learn about the process of turning a cacao fruit into delicious chocolate, and that’s one of the things we did in Sarapiqui. Continue reading “White water rafting in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica”
Rain. So much rain.
Deep in the Costa Rican rainforest, on a patch of earth next to a river, we were inside a cosy little cabin when we awoke to the sound of the heaviest rain I’ve ever heard.
Oh, we awoke quite late two, as the sound of the rain was louder than our alarms.
Welcome to Tortuguero. Continue reading “That time we almost got stranded in Tortuguero, Costa Rica”
So I was off to the environmental heaven of Central America on Contiki’s Costa Rica Unplugged tour.
With a population of almost 5 million people, one of the most interesting things about Costa Rica is that the country has recently become 100% dependent on renewable energies – Take note, Australia!
I was set to explore the beautiful nation from coast to coast, tip to tail, starting in the capital of San Jose. Continue reading “Things don’t always go to plan – San Jose, Costa Rica”