Tucked away in the sunrise shadows of the Canadian Rockies rests the small town of Radium. This hidden gem has the views and scenery of its more popular counterparts like Banff and Lake Louise, however a few tourists push the extra hour and a half to escape the crowds. In fact, most of the hustle […]
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The chicken bus Los Rivas came to a stop on the edge of the main square in Granada. Rows of white horse drawn carriages lined the western edge of the Central Park as other bus’ continued past billowing out plumes of black smoke. After a short look on google maps we confirmed that we were […]
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Once we crossed over the border from the south and piled onto the hand-me-down American bluebird school bus, for $1 U.S. per adult, we both felt like we were now in a place where we belong. Costa Rica was not our style, but Nicaragua had an entirely new feel to it. After sweating it up […]
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At 8:45 am we piled into an Uber and headed off to the public bus terminal in Liberia. We checked around to see if we needed to buy bus tickets ahead of time but were told they could be purchased on the bus. We then relaxed while we waited for our bus to arrive. Soon […]
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After arriving in the Nations Capital of San Jose later than we liked we quickly shifted from the bus depot to our close by and waiting hotel. Downtown is known for not being the safest place, and arriving after sunset brings out its darkest colours. With mattresses lying on the sidewalks and numerous hard done-byers […]
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Panama has three different border crossings into Costa Rica. We chose the Sixaola option in the north, which is also the least busiest. We left Bocas Del Toro via water taxi back to the mainland to Almirante. We then took a $1 taxi from the pier to town. From here we waited approximately 30 minutes […]
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