Due to the un-sociable hour that our flight arrived at Chicago we had to spend our fist night in America sleeping in the airport! We managed to settle down on a few chairs in a quiet area and catch a few hours sleep. Liann was well prepared with her eye mask, pillow and blanket! I got a job working for a construction company, made a beautiful water feature and befriended Cathrine Zeta Jones..... Oh wait wrong story! Anyway, eventually we were moved on by a cou...

Summary Well that's it for Central America. Three months, six countries. Countless beautiful sunsets plus one or two beautiful sunrises. Amazing beaches and views. Whale sharks, turtles, rays and dozens of murdered Lion Fish. Mayan temples, zip lines, Tarzan swings, river tubing, tree climbing and Volcano boarding. Not to mention lots of amazing people and new friends! I'm already quarter of the way through my adventure but with a lifetime of memories. Eac...

Compared to getting to the Mal Pais and Montezuma area, getting out was a breeze. First we had to head back to Paquera (via Cobano) by bus and then catch a ferry across to Puntarenas. Sheltered by the headland, the crossing to Puntarenas was glassy calm and the morning sun made for a picture perfect hour. The 4 hour bus from Puntarenas to Monteverde was going to be my time to catch up on sleep, like Liann seems to be able to do at every opportunity. But an hour...

Further south and around the bottom of the Nicoya Peninsular sits the sleepy town of Montezuma or Montefuma as it is known as locally thanks to its popularity with stoners and Rastas. We only stayed one night but the main attraction for us was the local waterfalls which were only a short walk from out hostel (Hotel Lys) on the beach. The footpath we followed quickly petered out and disappeared into the river so we decided to carry on upstream through the water...

The local busses in Costa Rica are generally newer and more organised than any others in Central America, making travelling around the country pretty easy. There was one route though that every one advised that we take a private shuttle for, heading down the Nicoya Penninsula from Tamarindo to Mal Pais/Santa Teresa. Basically there are a few segments of road that are so poor that busses either pass once a day or not at all and being rainy season it would be ev...