Sassafrasss

After 20 km of steep dirt roads, we arrived right around sunset, checked in, freshened up, and sat down with Andres the owner where he helped us book the rest of our trip. We booked tours for the next day, transportation to Arenal (final stop) and taxi to San Jose. It was a relief off our shoulders—nothing left to “worry” about. Once that was all done, we set out to explore this cute mountain top town. We walked through the town in about 20 minutes. Monte Verde is a very quaint little town with a few souvenir stores, a couple other stores and lots of places to eat. We decided to eat at this little house looking spot right next to our B&B. One thing that we realized about Costa Rica, was that everywhere we went ... read more

Dearest Friends and Family, It has been almost two years since my last post -- that is pretty damn crazy! I have absolutely had some noteworthy adventures but until now, didn't "feel" like writing them down. This blogging, if you can even call it that, is so that I don't forget the amazing sights, adventures, and fun/interesting facts of our trip. I hope that you enjoy the blog and will go and visit Costa Rica. Background of the trip: Almost three years ago, I was exhibiting at the LOHAS conference in Boulder, where we were showing off our fine glassware in an expo sort of setting. Something different about this conference was, one their was an expo to show off products and two raffle prizes for those who actually attended the expo portion. (ie. people from ... read more

PART 2: EGYPT There is soo much to talk about when it comes to Egypt. But here is the bottom line.. if we didn't do the top of the line tour that my mother setup, I would have NEVER wanted to go. We were truly taken care of, picked up from the airport, checked into our hotel, picked up for every flight, tour, ...etc. honestly babied thru Egypt but it was GREAT. We got picked up in Cairo in the evening, taken to a fancy hotel and got picked up super early the next morning for Luxor. Day 1: Karnak & Luxor Temple (Cruise) Day 2: Valley of The Queens, Temple of Ha-Gyp-suit, Valley of the Kings (Cruise) Day 3: Edfu Temple & Kom Ombo Temple (Cruise) Day 4: Aswan - Philae Temple, High Dam, Unfinished ... read more

Hello Everyone!! Evan and I just got back from San Francisco where we spent four glorious days enjoying the 1/2 sunshine 1/2 rain & torrential down pour. We arrived late Wednesday night, and took a cab over to our friend Henrys house, he lives in the Marina district and a really nice neighborhood, which we walked through bags in tow because we had the wrong address..woops. Took a tour of his apt (very nice) and his roof deck before hitting the hay. Thursday was supposed to be the only sunny 'nice' day in San Fran so we hit the ground running. We woke up, ate breakfast at The Grove (yummy!) and then took a nice long walk to Fisherman's Wharf where we rented a tandem bicycle. If you know anything about me, its that my bicycling ... read more

The Wild Coast & The Garden Route Road Trip I returned just 2 days ago from a very different kind of road trip. Jesse and Elyse (my cousin and his girlfriend) arrived over 2 weeks ago, after climbing table mountain and two nights in Cape Town, the four of us were off on a road trip none of us will ever forget. We flew from Cape Town to Durban where we rented a car. I had order a mid-size four person, four large suitcase car, where in the pictures was something like a Jetta but when we got there we were greeted with something much smaller, a little 4 door, hatchback polo. Haha I absolutely thought it was funny, others werent as amused - the large ‘luxury’ car was out, instead we spent our time Eurotrip ... read more