This was my second time in Panama, though this visit wasn’t by choice. It was the only way to change my ticket from Caracas to the US without paying an extra fee. I chose the Nomada Republic hotel in the city center for its convenient location. Each container was divided into two rooms, with the […]
El Salvador The bloody 12-year civil war between the government and the guerrilla movement in El Salvador ended in 1993. Tens of thousands of people died, and many Salvadorans fled the country. I worked with one such refugee in Australia in the 1990s. As soon as the war was over, he began making plans to
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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago I took a regular bus from the airport into town; it’s much cheaper and more fun than a taxi. I walked the rest of the way to the hotel. I travel light, with a small backpack, but the heat slowed me down. Booking.com suggested Villa Florencia as a reasonably
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My husband, Sergey, and I got up at 4 a.m. Our breakfast was leftover pizza from the last night’s dinner. I was on edge and could barely swallow a cold slimy slice of pizza. Our guide, Luis, met us at the hotel at 4.45 a.m. and we walked to a bus stop. The first morning
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Nicaragua So the big climb was scheduled for the following day, Sunday. My husband and I had all Saturday for ourselves and spent it exploring the island. We began with a pool called Ojo de Agua or Eye of water. It is a natural spring pool filled with water from an underground river that comes
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Costa Rica On Friday, my husband and I left Playa Hermosa for Nicaragua. First, we took the bus back to Liberia where we changed to another bus to Peñas Blancas. This town is the official border crossing between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The border formalities for us were simple. We paid a small exit fee
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Playa Hermosa This 2-week trip to Central America covered two countries – Costa Rica and Nicaragua. My husband and I were going first to Costa Rica, then we traveled by bus to Nicaragua and returned to a different Costa Rica city to fly home. The trip was supposed to achieve two goals – to see
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