Dive in blue waters, listen to howler monkies in the jungle, and run from fireworks on New Years Eve, live the Central American adventure.
Read about our first week in the refugio here. The Spanish word Solté means let go. In this refuge, you can let go of everything, including the sense of fashion as Trin did. He has his shorts and shirt on inside out. He is spray-painting the dining room chairs black with an air compressor. He’s been […]
It is 5am. The windows lay wide open allowing a breeze to fill the room with the fragrance of the jungle. It is already light outside but the clouds still hang low in a blanket over the top of the towering trees. The waterfall up the hill from our cabin creates a constant soothing background to
The bus began a winding ascent into the mountains, past small towns and mountain villages. Steep mountainsides boasted of beautiful farms on a grade which made me wonder how they ever plant, cultivate and harvest their crops. Surely any tractor would tumble down the hill if it attempted even an approach to these terraces. My
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Legend tells a tale of Two Brothers and the woman they loved in Cartago. She chose and married one. In anger, the thwarted brother killed his sibling. In remorse for his sin, he built a cathedral for Cartago. Only a year after it was completed, an earthquake destroyed the cathedral. People have made many attempts to
I’m currently in a bungalow on the Caribbean coast putting this post together on a sweltering afternoon. My door is open and children are singing and laughing next door. I have a fan blowing in an attempt to dry at least a few articles of clothing that I hand-washed in the sink. In a rain
It was nine months ago when Bonnie and I made the decision to sell everything and travel the world. That was January of 2016. We were still working in the corporate world. We had a home and all the trappings of a comfortable life. It seems like ages ago. Since then we’ve sold our house
