Costa Rica – no fun for hitch-hikers

coconut-water and its flesh was served, too We are in the rich coast, in Costa Rica, as the locals call it This country really has a lot of green nature. A lot of opportunities for camping. Unfortunately, we cannot praise this place for its friendliness to hitch-hikers. Until now we had a “nobody-stops” experience only. Well, it is not so bad. They do stop, but we had to wait for...

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2.5 cents coin

We are in Boquete – popular place among the travellers and retired Americans. If we will find where to leave backpacks, we will try to climb the 3500m inactive volcano. Takes 6 hours to go up, so we would probably stay overnight at the top. Last night we slept in Gualaca village, behind the petrol station. In the hot morning we decided to have a fresh shower. There was a pipe with running water,...

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Sleeping Indian

We stayed three days in El Valle – small village among the mountains. Actually, long time ago there was a volcano which blew up. We got opportunity to hike on the top of sleeping indian. See the picture with the mountain below. Don’t you notice a sleeping indian?  We stayed with Dave from www.HospitalityClub.org . He is US retired and now enjoying Panama life in...

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Cars without licence plates

On Saturday we say good-bey to Panama City. This place can only be proud by shopping malls, supermarkets and sweet bananas on the streets. On one hand, very comfortable, wherever you are – you will find everything. our ad searching for a ride to Colombia We have placed ride-search ads in 2 yacht clubs and now will continue trip towards Costa Rica (about 500 km to the border). The last week...

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Caribbean adventure ended up in Panama [in coolworks.com]

Check www.CoolWorks.com for our story how we ended up in Panama:http://www.CoolWorks.com/  

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CUBA with low budget – a short guide

In other countries we always hitch-hike and do not pay for accommodation, we cook ourselves using fuel-stove, we sleep in a tent or are invited to stay with local people. We have travelled in Cuba for few weeks and discovered several tricks to make the stay in this country as cheap as possible. To stay low budget is not easy, but possible. Money Before talking about other things, a short overview about...

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“Half portion” in Panama City

Today we arrived to Panama City. This place looks more clean and organized than the harbour-city Colon. We were hungry, so decided to get quick lunch in Chinese Restaurant. They had Chow Mein with vegetables on menu. 1/2 portion costed 1.75$ and full portion 3$. We know that Chinese portions are always huge, so we ordered 1.5 portion. What we got looked more like 3 portions! In Panama circulates...

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After 6 days sailing – in Panama

We are in the one of the biggest world harbours - Colon in Panama. It is the entry point to the Panama Canal for the boats travelling from Atlantic side to the Pacific Ocean. It took us 6 days to sail from Cayo Largo island in Cuba to Panama. Sailing was a little bit boring. No boats, just sea and waves. We have stayed with “Cheeca-Bey” yacht and its owners, French couple Jean-Jaques...

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