Today is my last day of an amazing trip. We had a rough start to our morning since our hostel had no rooms for us tonight. I hate having to move hostels, but we did. We traversed across town with packs in our backs to find a hostel closer to the airport. That was a mess. Went to one hostel and it only had dorm rooms and was looking for a private room so that I would not bug anyone when we had to get ready to leave at 3 AM. Decided to try another location and got lost. Directions were [View Full Entry]

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Got up early this morning to head back to Costa Rica. The mother and two boys were going to the border as well so we all went together. Immigration was terrible and took a very long time to get through. This began a miserable day. Due to the lengthy wait at the border, we missed the bus to Liberia. We did get on a later bus but we missed the last bus that would have taken us to Monteverde for the zip line tour. In the meantime, while we were in Liberia, Talonya was supposed to go on to her next [View Full Entry]

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Got up early this morning to make our last destination before heading back to Costa Rica. We did want to go on to Leon but time is running out. Got to Granada around noon and went directly to the Old Market in Masaya. Very famous for their handy crafts, mainly woodwork and carvings. I, of course, forgot my camera and did not get any photos. We wanted to buy some souvenirs here but the items were more expensive than in town because it is a big shopping area for foreigners. So I think we will stop buy some local markets before [View Full Entry]

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Made it to Isla de Ometepe, the island made up of two volcanos. I have great pictures of the two volcanos. I will upload them soon. We stayed two nights. The first night we stayed at hotel that was very secluded and had very little for children to do. Macayla did not enjoy it so we moved on the next day. Plus, this place (Hotel Merida) had a monopoly since it was the only place to eat. We paid $5 each for a dorm bed and had to pay $5.75 for a buffet dinner and $4.50 each for the buffet breakfast. [View Full Entry]

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Still not in Nicaragua due to a lot of travel issues. We made it to Montezuma after dark last night and it was another mad dash to find a place to stay. We were turned down at our first choice and then just went to the closest place available. Macayla did not want to walk to the one I would have chosen as the next best because it was a little further away. So we stayed at Pencion Jenny which was terrible. The beds were awful and I had the creeps. It was a terrible night but it was only $8 [View Full Entry]

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The last few days have been mostly travel days. Not sticking around anywhere for long. Making our way up to the Peninsula De Nicoya where we will be visiting Montezuma. Probably will be there a couple of days. We crossed the border into Costa Rica on Thursday with no problems but I thought it odd that we had to pay to leave Panama. Only $2 each but silly. Anyway, we traveled by bus up to San Isidro which made for a long day of travel. When we got in, it was pretty late and we were stuck trying to find a [View Full Entry]

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We are finally back in Boquete and unhappy to have left Panama City. I loved it there. Would have liked to stay much longer and enjoyed hanging out with Meredith and Lena. Anyway, we will do some hiking to waterfalls today and then move on to Costa Rica either tomorrow or Friday and then from there to Nicaragua. Everyone says it is wonderful there and I cannot wait. Hard to believe that our trip is coming to an end soon. Only a week and a half left. [View Full Entry]

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Ended up staying in Panama City for another day since there is so much to do here. Today we went to Panama Viejo which is the ruins of Panama from back in the 1500s. It rained most of the afternoon but we spent a good bit of time exploring the area of the city that we are staying in, Casco Viejo. It is very old world and the buildings are magnificent. We saw Noreyaga's, not spelled right, home before he was forced out by the US. Only a shell of a building due to the bombing but still can tell how [View Full Entry]

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Made it to Panama City last night and what an ordeal. Yesterday we left Boquete around 11 am and went to the bus terminal in David to get our tickets to Panama City. Well everyone had the same idea and we waited in line for 2 hours just to purchase tickets. So, in the end, we did not leave for Panama City until 3pm. Eight hour bus ride that cost $12.60 each. The bus was nice, played movies, had a bathroom and was air conditioned. Took 8 hours and we were unsure what bus to take to the hostel. Finally found [View Full Entry]

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We are now in Boquete, which is about 4 and a half hours away from Bocas Del Toro. We decided to make a pit stop on our way to Panama City. It was a very long day of travel. We left Bocas Del Toro at 12:30 pm and traveled by boat to Changuinola which took an hour and $7 per person. Then made a bus for David which took 4 and a half hours riding through mountains. That was $8 each. Sometimes we were in the clouds and I told Macayla that we could actually say that we had our heads [View Full Entry]

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