When I Met the Man Who Built His Own Paradise
In a dockside bar in Bocas del Toro, a silver-haired Belgian man, once a lawyer on Wall Street, told us how he escaped, disconnected and built his own island paradise in Panama.
Charlie Marchant
Charlie is a UK travel blogger who advocates sustainable travel and being more conscious when you travel. She loves coffee, green Thai curry and hiking volcanoes. When she's not blogging, Charlie works in digital marketing. Read more about Charlie here.
Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica – Travel Guide
Colourful Creole houses, laid-back Caribbean vibes and coconut rice and beans make Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica right where I want to be. One of the small handful of towns on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, Puerto Viejo is overflowing with…
An Abudance of Wildlife: The Importance of Eco-Design
Sloths climbing tree trunks, howler monkeys foraging in the branches, agoutis running under the cabins, toucans flying overhead, red-eyed tree frogs laying their eggs by the pond at night, and an olingo passing silently through the darkness. We’ve been travelling…
Vegan Caribbean Cooking Class in Costa Rica (+ Recipe)
I had heard rumours that Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast had the best cooking in the whole of Costa Rica. As it turns out, the rumours were true. On our very first night in Puerto Viejo, we fell into an empty…
How Teaching in Taiwan Prepared Me for Long-Term Travel
One year ago, I quit ESL teaching in Taiwan. Now I’m on an indefinite travel adventure in Central America. When I left Taiwan, I knew that I wanted to travel more but I still didn’t know how I was going to…
How Much Does it Cost to Travel Nicaragua on a Budget? [Infographic]
Nicaragua was named one of the cheapest travel destinations for backpackers in 2014, so I was amped to be travelling in a country where our small travel budget would stretch further. Nicaragua, to the north of Costa Rica, is the…
A Thousand Turtles Nesting: An Arribada in Ostional, Costa Rica
A woman was running wildly down the beach beating a big plastic bottle with a driftwood stick. We stared at her in dismay. The fierce yet slender woman swung the stick around her head like a lasso, and in a frenzy, the…
Is Volcano Boarding in Nicaragua Really Awesome?
If you’re travelling in Nicaragua, everyone will tell you that the one thing you can’t miss is volcano boarding down Cerro Negro (the Black Hill) in León. Having looked at the ominous volcano from the roof of León Cathedral and after…
A City of Portraits: Street Art in San José, Costa Rica
All we had experienced of Costa Rica’s capital city was dark streets lined with junkies inside cardboard boxes, barbed wire and broken glass, lentejas and rice dinners in the local supermarket canteen, and a hostel to lay our heads in. Suffice…
The Importance of Eating Local When You Travel
During my time living in Taiwan, feta cheese, chickpeas and couscous were luxuries that couldn’t be picked up from just any local supermarket. There were far fewer imported goods than what you would see on the shelves of your average UK supermarket, and…