We arrived at Manuel Antonio, the town attached to the National Park of the same name, after another bad taxi experience in San José. We had to pass through, since we were travelling from the Caribbean to the Pacific Coast. There are separate bus terminals, though they aren´t too far from one another. The driver not [...]
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White sand, coconut trees lining the beach and reefs near shore. Sounded good to us. The small beach town of Cahuita is on Costa Rica´s Caribbean Coast, about 4 hours from San José. The bus ride was uneventful, but slow and HOT. The fare was fair for what you got, but Costa Rica does not [...]
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Choroni is a hopping little beach town and one of the more accessible for harried Caraqueños trying to escape the big city. That being said, we left for Choroni on Monday morning. Using public transportation to arrive is an adventure. The bus from Caracas to Maracay is no big deal, $2.50 and an hour and [...]
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Why head back to the city so soon when we could have one more pretty drive in the country? We spent our last day and a half on the Coromandel Peninsula, exploring hidden beaches and camping by a stream. It was a great way to wrap up the New Zealand leg of this journey.
We sadly [...]
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Today was the day I met Pete for the second time. The first time had been 22 years ago, as exchange students in Japan. Though we were just teens then, I guess we were pretty good judges of character, since the four of us (Donny and Pete’s partner Kate included) had a wonderful day exploring, walking, chatting [...]
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