I had the small town blues last week. Since Luke’s leg injury, we’ve been shacking up in small towns across Panama and Costa Rica. I was lusting for adventure – and all these small towns were making me feel blue. I’d had…
When we set off on our indefinite travel adventure to Costa Rica, we didn’t know what to expect. Eight months later and we’re long-term travellers. So how did it happen? When we left the UK in May last year, we didn’t…
Volcan is a very small but very pretty town in Panama. It’s not exactly a tourist hotspot – and really, that’s what’s so lovely about it. We never intended to visit Volcan. After we finished house sitting in Boquete we…
Think eating vegetarian in Costa Rica means endless days of “rice and beans – hold the chicken?” Think again. Friends of ours who travelled in Costa Rica said that we’d be sick of rice and beans in no time. Though we’ve certainly…
Those who haven’t travelled to the UK often has a very romanticised view of our culture and lifestyle from watching Downton Abbey and Hugh Grant romcoms – but in truth the UK and its film industry is a whole lot…
Green mountain views, world renowned coffee plantations and cafes that just sell strawberries, it’s no wonder that we loved Boquete, Panama. When we realised we had a spare six weeks to explore Panama over Christmas, we set about looking for a…
When we turned up for a nature photography tour, we had no idea that rather than taking shots of toucans and tree frogs, we’d actually be smuggling rum across the Panamanian border. The tour, which was organised by a nature retreat…
Ever since I first set foot in Central America, I’ve wanted to go to a coffee finca. In Costa Rica, we never found the right time and in Nicaragua, we were never in the right place. In Panama, we found ourselves…
