Pura Vida! That's the Costa Rican slogan, and we can understand why. This country is full of different ways to chill, enjoy life and challenge your fears. During our two days of super strong wind and sideways rain in the mountains of Monte Verde we went canopying (ziplines) through completed rainbows. That is, they weren't only the normal half circled ones--the valleys were so deep, that we could see the entire circle! It was such an amazing experience of nature....

Today we arrived our ¨home sweet home¨ in Havana, after a week living in the surroundings of great, green valleys, tobacco plantations and forrested mountains. What an amazing view... We hung out with our two chileno amigos and enjoyed the tranquility of the small village Viñales. Getting to Viñales from Santa Clara, was quite a bumpy ride, which we will not comment any further... Transportation, finding food and mini banks certainly requires high level spa...

Tsss tsss LindaLinda! Guess whether or not we´re kinda sick of this frase! So the bus for Trinidad finally picked us up in Havana. it was definately on ¨hora cubana¨ (cuban time), which meant about an hour delay... Trinidad welcomed us with its sweet and charming pastell buildings and the smell of stone oven baked pizza sold from cuban door steps. We went sightseeing on day 1. And such a small and intimate town, only required our legs as transportation. Art mu...

Heeey everybody! It's Linda and Helene. We are entering our 7th day in Havana, Cuba. You all won't believe all the stufff we've experienced in such short time. And Cuba truly isn't all glamorous vacation spot. Some places reminds us of war time ruins, while others are run down architectural beauties. Most of the cars are 50 years old cadillacs, and offer a quite bumpy ride. Soap and toilet paper are rare commodities, but there's no shortage of the cuban's hospita...