

Colombia - Guatape & Bogota
We left Medellin and climbed back out of the basin to the small town of Guatape, an hour and a half away at 2000m above sea level....


Colombia - Cartagena & Medellin
It took a day or two for it to sink in that we were actually in South America. After catching up on some sleep and recovering from our...


Sailing from Panama to Colombia - San Blas
Let me start by saying sailing with Wild Card is one of the best things we've done on his trip. We had the most amazing time. Meeting at...


Panama City & Portobelo
Overall we spent five days in Panama City, and were nicely surprised by how pleasant it was. Having previously avoided most major cities...


Crossing into Panama
We sailed along the Pan-American from Dominical to the Panamanian border at Paso Canoas. Finally this was a border crossing that wasn't...


Costa Rica - Dominical
The road from Alajuela to Dominical was probably my favourite journey so far. The first part - past San Jose to Cartago - was nothing...


Costa Rica - Santa Elena & Alajuela
Feeling revived and newly excited, we decided to head up into the Monteverde Cloud Forest from Liberia. Coming off the highway with...
Crossing from Nicaragua to Costa Rica
We tried to set off early from Santa Domingo but a combination of me barely being able to get out of bed with a vicious stomach bug and...


Nicaragua - Matagalpa, Granada, San Juan Del Sur & Ometepe
Matagalpa wasn't the prettiest town in itself, but was set rather spectacularly amidst rolling hills of lush forests and coffee...


Nicaragua - Leon
We arrived at Lazybones Hostel mid-afternoon. We'd chosen not to stay at the go-to backpacker hostel in Leon, on account of prices, bike...