Beaches

  • costa rica in pictures: the final leg of our year

    we had a meloncholy stop in our last city of our europe leg but costa rica ended on different terms. more sunsets that we could count, rainforests of monteverde, hummingbirds, coatis, graduating to a surfing rookie, chicken eating crocodiles, fluking…

  • montenegro in pictures: cevapcici, old town and beachin it up

    sandwiched between albania and croatia, this was our second country on a roadtrip with j-lo. we stayed in kotor and spent the (very) hot days walking the walled city, saying hello to the many local cats, hiking the ladder of…

  • albania in pictures: our biggest surprise of europe

    a surprising week of r&r and exploring after an all nighter at the athens airport and a bumpy hydrofoil ride from corfu (greece) to sarande. albania started off as the beginning of our trip up the ionian/adriatic sea (for me…

  • weekly recap #35 – monteverde, tamarindo, samara

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how a. monteverde (b&b, 1 night), tamarindo (airbnb, 4 nights), samara (airbnb, 2 nights) q. favourite meal a. homemade fried rice with with green beans, green onions, corn, jalapeno and a bucketful…

  • weekly recap #36 – samara, carrillo

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. samara (airbnb, 3 nights), carrillo (villa, 4 nights) q. favourite meal a. i usually have such an easy time picking out something for this question but the last few…

  • first 24 hours in carrillo (costa rica)

    what do i like? -r&r – the beach of carrillo doesn’t have a single building along its whole beachfront. light brown/white sand sit behind a few rows of palm trees and when the sun is out, the water is a…

  • first 24 hours in samara (costa rica)

    what do i like? -so quiet – the first time we walked onto the beach felt like we showed up at somewhere that wasn’t listed in any guidebooks (which it is). the crowd has a mix of tourists and ticos…