Tortuguero, also known as the Land of Turtles lies on the North East coast of Costa Rica. Its one of the most remote places in Costa Rica and is only accessible by boat or plane. On the river taxi we saw sloths, hundreds of different kinds of birds, iguanas, caimans and crocodiles. Although it was a taxi, it was like a wildlife tour for us two! Talk about killing two birds with one stone! When we arrived, we were surprised as although very remote Tortuguero is ...

We wanted to get the hell out of San Jose so we woke up early to try and get tickets for a public bus to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (PVdT) on the East Coast for some Caribbean loving. Fortunately, we were able to get tickets for seats as the bus companies tend to oversell their tickets so some customers end up having to stand for the entire journey. Our journey from San Jose to PVdT was amazing driving through the diverse Costa Rican rainforest. The journey rem...

The start of our Central America tour started with an 1am arrival at San Jose airport. It felt like we had walked into a nightmare because we had to wait for our bags for ages as the baggage carousel had broken down. We were getting increasingly frustrated as other flights arrived after us and were leaving before us. Once we got our bags we caught a taxi to our hostel. (Obviously, after checking our bags to ensure that they hadn't been tampered with! Wouldn't wa...

Our welcome to Los Angeles was a huge queue in immigration and a welcome hug from Nicks sister Sarah. The day was spent catching up with Sarah, napping to avoid jet lag and eating Rey's speciality - Chicken Adobo. Yum yum! The evening was spent catching up, talking about weddings and our travels to date! As we were going to bed, we received a lovely present from mother nature - a massive 4.6 earthquake! This was the first ever earthquake we have felt, the entire...

Hokitika - Arthur's Pass Arthur's Pass - Christchurch (7 nights) We took our time from Hokitika to Arthur's Pass taking in the stunning Kiwi scenery. The trees and waterfalls were never ending and as we got higher up in the mountains the weather worsened. We had hoped to do some tramping but because the weather was horrendous we curled up in a YHA hostel cooking yummy bangers! The following morning, the weather was no better so we decided to admit defeat and ...