La Rochelle – lay over Day 2
Day 14 La Rochelle – lay over Day 2 Day 14 Chloe’s train was leaving around 11:30. We were going to have to walk there in these days of COVID. Her suitcase was about the size and weight of her! It had been repacked a couple of times and she was ready to go. We […]
Sail to Portugal …. in a Pandemic?
Sail to Portugal …. in a Pandemic? Captain Marco, on the boat in dry dock in Swanick, Hampshire “Would you like to sail to Portugal with me, we will be leaving from the UK sometime in May and it will probably take 2-3 weeks” said Marco’s email. Sounds fab says I and signed up, despite […]
15th-16th August, The Journey Home
I think we got up for a walk, got a taxi back to San Jose. We saw a sloth in a tree, just outside reception and the driver also stopped on the way to show us the parrots, seen above. We went back to the steak restaurant that night; the same one as our first […]
11th August, transfer to Manuel Antonio
Today was a transfer day and we set off at 8.15 in a small tourist bus, for the four hour transfer to Manuel Antonio. The first hour, as promised!, was along rough roads full of potholes. The bus was quite full and I sat next to a canarian biochemistry postgrad currently studying at the Complutense […]
6th August, Transfer to Arenal
Dave and I got up early to search for monkeys. We saw one sneak into the restaurant and grab two sachets of sugar. He then sat very close to us, ceremoniously ripping open the sachets and gobbling the contents, all of which Dave captured on video!https://youtu.be/uxeRveo4DYg Today was a long transfer day, so at nine […]
Transfer to Tortuguero
We set off at six 6 our hotel for the transfer to Tortuguero. The boys were pleased to see that the coach was much more luxurious and, because we got on it first, we did not get the seat over the wheel! We stopped for a typical breakfast of tropical fruit, gallo pinto, fried egg […]
Costa Rica – Getting There
Journey up to Heathrow was very smooth , and all the family had access to the lounge. Sam looked especially pleased with this. They both seemed to enjoy the free food and drink, strangely. Priority access to the check in and boarding went extremely well. The plane to Miami was an old 777-200 (not one […]