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…
nicaragua in pictures: island hopping, sea turtles and volcano boarding with friends
three weeks in nicaragua went by in the blink of an eye thanks to spending most of it with vince and frank. colourful streets of granada, sunsets and another broken firehose of a shower in ometepe, kayaking and sunrise stalking…
the netherlands in pictures: windmills, canals and a wrap on europe
our final stop in europe was bittersweet. we flew out of amsterdam and made a stop at rotterdam prior to that. toss in a couple of daytrips to haarlem, kinderdijk, den haag and hoek van holland and our 10 days…
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…
portugal in pictures: egg tart bellies and funky neighbourhoods
from the algarve in the south to porto in the north and ending in lisbon, we barely got a taste of what the country had to offer. turquoise waters and red cliff beaches, tiled walkways and churches and a healthy…
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…