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The Food Saga: The Chicken Era

March 23, 2009 – 7:34 pm | 15 Comments

In, Cen­tral Amer­ica, as well as in Peru, you just need to know three words to order food: arroz (rice), fri­joles (beans) and pollo (chicken). Makes life easy, doesn’t it! How­ever, the food may be quite basic, and at one point, you’ll be des­per­ate for some­thing other than chicken. I mean, how much chicken can one eat???

The Best & The Worst

March 22, 2009 – 2:51 pm | 15 Comments

We both loved our trip in Cen­tral and South Amer­ica. And now that we are home again in Canada, we thought about it: what were the best places, the best cities that we saw… and what were the worst experiences?

Hello Frozen Hell...

March 17, 2009 – 6:45 am | 16 Comments

Hello frozen hell… we are fly­ing back to Canada.

Faces Of Central America

January 6, 2009 – 2:54 pm | 10 Comments

Observ­ing peo­ple in Cen­tral Amer­ica is really inter­est­ing. First of all, there is a true melt­ing pot of cul­tures: Asians, Blacks, His­pan­ics, indige­nous peo­ple such as the Kuna in Panamá…

Adrenaline Rush In Monteverde

January 3, 2009 – 1:50 am | 13 Comments

We were in Mon­teverde, in the Costa Rican moun­tains, where this is a pop­u­lar activ­ity. Basi­cally, we were attached to a steel cable with a har­ness, attached itself to a remov­able trol­ley. Plus the cute hel­met, of course. We were taken deep into the rain­for­est and left on the first plat­form, on top of a tree. There, we were taught to use thick leather glove (to brake) and… that was it!

It´s A Wild Life...

January 1, 2009 – 5:32 pm | 12 Comments

These are some of the ani­mals we met in Costa Rica. I have not included pic­tures of mos­qui­toes… damn blood suckers!

Busing Around Central America

December 29, 2008 – 8:08 pm | 15 Comments

But bus­ing around in Cen­tral Amer­ica is not that straight­for­ward. First of all, we have to agree on the def­i­n­i­tion of a bus. If it has no win­dows and no doors, it is still a bus? What if it is painted in flam­boy­ant col­ors, like bright red and yel­low, and has words of wis­dom such as “no pain, no gain”, or “dio bendigo mi alma” writ­ten on the win­dows? And if it takes 5 hours to drive 20 kilo­me­ters? Is it still a bus?

Sunsets At The Beach

December 27, 2008 – 8:58 pm | 11 Comments

Not sur­pris­ingly, the beach in Costa Rica offers some great sunsets.…