After breakfast at the hotel's restaurant, we were picked up by a shuttle bus that would take us to the famous sleazy beach-side town of Jaco. The drive was about two and a half hours and as we descended lower in elevation, the humidity and stickiness started to set in. Riding along with us was an American woman from San Francisco, her British boyfriend, and two backpackers from Australia and Florida. The Floridian definitely wins the prize for most annoying traveler. For the duration of the ride, he continuously told stories of all the great adventures and great places he has experienced in his life. If there was a picture perfect example of a travel bragger, this guy would have been it. Before we hit the coast, our driver was kind enough to stop at a ... read more

While searching the internet one day, I found some very cheap airfare to Costa Rica. $240 round trip on Mexicana seemed too good of a bargain to pass up so I snagged up those tickets right away. Since it was also the beginning of the low season, prices for our lodging were almost half the price they would have been just a week earlier. Our flight on Mexicana airlines departed at 11:30pm on May 6th and the airline far exceeded our expecations. We had about a 3 hour flight to Mexico City and we were provided with a meal, drinks, and alcohol. This is relatively unheard of these days on any of our domestic airlines. We also were not charged to check any of our bags. Mexicana quickly rose to near the top of my list ... read more

Today was the last day of our New England trip. We left Boothbay Harbor early to ensure we would be able to fit in a stop in Salem to visit some of the witch related attractions. There definitely was not enough time spent here in Maine to fully appreciate it all. In all, we were probably only in the state less than 24 hours! Before leaving, we stopped by the harbor to take a few photos but the bone chilling cold of the morning forced the stop to be a rather quick one. Driving down the Maine turnpike and into New Hampshire, we finally arrived in Salem, Massachusetts around 11. We parked our car in a parking garage and started walking to find the Salem Witch Museum. After looking at a map, I saw that we ... read more

With a long travel day ahead of us, we set out early in the morning for our drive across Massachusetts and into Vermont. Up until today, we really had not seen much of the changing fall colors. The drive through Massachusetts changed all that once we started driving through the western part of the state. Closer to the coast, most of the trees along the highway had still not changed colors. As we drove further inland, this started to change. Once we hit western Massachusetts; bright yellows, golden oranges, and deep reds became the norm. While driving along Massachusetts Route 2 near the towns of Erving and Gill, we crossed a bridge with the best fall foliage scenery we had seen thus far. The bridge is called French King Bridge and crossed the Connecticut River. I ... read more

It was a drizzly morning today as we made our way over to Penn Station to catch our Amtrak train to Boston. It was only a 4 hour trip and we were excited to get out of New York and start exploring Boston. The first half was rather uneventful as we crossed through various small towns in Connecticut. The train didn't seem to be going as quickly as I thought it should and every now and then, it would completely stop for a few minutes. One of the stops seemed to be lasting for quite a while. I looked out the window and we were definitely out in the middle of nowhere. I believe we were somewhere in eastern Connecticut. As time ticked by and we were still not moving, the passengers started to become restless. ... read more