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USA road trip – heading north through Florida After visiting south Florida, it was now time to get our USA road trip into full swing. We headed north towards Jacksonville and made a few stops on the way. Palm beach The sublime Palm beach wasn’t as expected. What did we expect? Well we thought it…
Florida – Welcome to Miami – The road trip begins Miami, Florida, would see the start of our USA roadtrip. As you would have seen in our prep blog piece for Travel to the USA, we had a lot of organisation to get through. This was the fruition of it. Leaving DR To…
Travel to the USA – A last minute prep Guide It was always on our itinerary to Travel to the USA. There is a lot to organise and we expected to be able to build that leg block by block with plenty of time to spare. Best laid plans and all that. The trip, now,…
Montana Redonda – Flying high up at the top Part of the Cordillera Oriental, Montana Redonda gives a 360 view of the eastern part of the island and the Miches area. This is a very rural and underdeveloped area. Indeed, the Dominican Republic is surprisingly big, for those thinking that the Caribbean is all small…
Bavaro – Los Corales in Punta Cana Bavaro is one of the beaches in the Punta Cana area of Dominican Republic. Punta Cana, itself, really being the village around the airport. We chose Barvaro due to the great reviews about the playa. The place we decided on was fairly close to the beach, local amenities,…
Dominican Republic – An airport mishap and Bayahibe The trip to Bayahibe in the Dominican Republic would be a long one but we had no idea it would turn out how it did as we set off. It’s funny as Dominican Republic wasn’t even on our original itinerary, but because of the no testing and…
Puerto Viejo – Caribbean Rastafarian Vibe Located on the caribbean coast of Costa Rica, Puerto Viejo is where we would spend our last week in the country. It is a place with a more reggae feel and somewhere we could chill and explore at a leisurely pace. The previous week, in the Nicoya Peninsula,…
Pacific coast / Nicoya peninsula We headed north up to the Pacific coast / Nicoya Peninsula after Manual Antonio. The peninsula is made up of parts of the Guanacaste Province and the Puntarenas Province. We were starting with a seaside town called Samara but, even though we had a few ideas of where next, we…
Manuel Antonio – Costa Rica arrival into the jungle Manuel Antonio and it’s National park was the first stop on our tour of Costa Rica. It was to be our first taste of this Jungle nation. Arrival There is plenty to consider and organise about arrival in countries these days and Costa Rica is no…
Tulum beach – A creative dream After a stay in Tulum town, it was time to hit Tulum beach. A busy, artistic, expensive beach setting filled with cabana styled resorts, nestled amongst the palms and white, powdery sand, and backed by lush jungle. What more do you want! The sea is a chaotic, seething mass…
