Considering how easy our previous border crossing experiences had been, we expected Costa Rica’s would be a breeze. Arguably the most developed country in Central America, we presumed the process would be advanced and straight forward. Sadly, these predicaments were far from truth. In fact this was the most complex, frustrating border crossing on our…
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A Granada Pitstop
Granada struck us to be much like Antigua, Guatemala, on first impression. Colonial streets and buildings, all sporting different bright colours made it very picturesque. We were only staying in this small town one night before making our way down to Costa Rica as we had spent more days than desired in Leon. We checked…
Leon – The Land of Volcanos
Arriving in Nicaragua brought high expectations. Jonny’s dutch friend Vince, whom he also met in Asia back in 2013 had volunteered here for around three months and had bigged up the whole country to us both prior to our arrivals. Our first stop was his adopted home town of Leon, which is famous for its…
El Tunco – A Hidden gem
A 7am get up and a full day travelling never fills anyone with excitement or anticipation, unless that is, you’re a traveller. Especially a traveller that is heading into the relative unknown and to a country that, in western society, is viewed as a dangerous, scary place, to be avoided at all costs. We’re talking…
Cenotes, Rain and Ruins – Tulum
We arrived in Tulum – a relatively small town a few hours down the coast from Cancun – after what we can safely describe as ‘the best bus journey of our travelling lifes’. The ADO bus we caught for a small fee from Cancun was absolute luxury, compared to what we expected and were both…
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