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Tourism Disrupts Turtle Nesting in Ostional, Costa Rica

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:00:01 +0000

A year ago, Luke and I had an incredible experience witnessing the turtle arribada in the small Costa Rican beach town of Ostional. During an arribada, thousands of turtles come onto the beach to lay their eggs in the sand. We were surprised not only by how breathtaking it is to see these creatures come […]

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What is House Sitting in Costa Rica Really Like?

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:40:24 +0000

We travelled Central America for one year and a large portion of that time was spent in Costa Rica. Why? Not just because Costa Rica is beautiful, but because there’s a lot of house sitting work out there. Though it’s true that we house sat in Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala too, finding assignments house sitting […]

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5 Small Towns You Shouldn’t Miss in Costa Rica

Charlie Marchant — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:12:35 +0000

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 my fill of sweet suburban houses, local farmer’s markets and small sodas – but hang on, what was […]

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Why Being Vegetarian in Costa Rica is Easier Than You Think

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:30:37 +0000

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 eaten more rice and beans than is probably healthy while on the road, Costa Rica […]

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From Smuggling Rum Across the Panamanian Border to a Luxury Nature Retreat

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:22:45 +0000

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 in Puerto Viejo, wasn’t what we expected to say the least. “Do you think they’re […]

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2014 in Photos

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:59:58 +0000

Back in January, who knew that our 2014 would look like this… When we came home from Taiwan at the end of 2013, Luke told me that 2014 was my year. By that, he meant it was up to me to choose what we would do. Moving to Taiwan was his idea and though I chose […]

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Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica – Travel Guide

Charlie Marchant — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:21:27 +0000

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 vegan cafes, young rasta guys on bicycles trying to sell you weed and lazy stretches […]

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How Not to Get Robbed in Central America

Luke Nicholson — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 02:59:16 +0000

Want to know our secret to not getting robbed while travelling in Central America and the rest of the world? Everyone told us that as tourists, we would be obvious targets in Central America. People who had never even been to that part of the world all had horror stories and travel advice to share. […]

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An Abudance of Wildlife: The Importance of Eco-Design

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:47:25 +0000

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 in Costa Rica for six months now and we have never stayed in a place […]

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Vegan Caribbean Cooking Class in Costa Rica (+ Recipe)

Charlie Marchant — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:28:40 +0000

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 soda where a local Afro-Caribbean woman cooked us a traditional meal like nothing else we’d […]

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