Osa Mountain Wildlife Santuary

While we were in Costa Rica we spent two weeks volunteering at a wildlife sanctuary called Osa Santuario De Animales. We loved it so much we thought it deserved its own post. The rest of Costa Rica can wait until the next post. We also found out that animals are very hard to get good…

Cuba Part 2: Cienfuegos and Viñales

Cienfuegos When we arrived in Cienfuegos we got a taxi to a place recommended by the host woman from our place in Trinidad. There turned out to be no room there but since just about every house in Cuba is a casa particular, they only had to yell at their neighbours from over the fence…

Cuba Part 1: Havana, Varadero and Trinidad de Cuba

Havana We were not off to a good start when we arrived in Cuba and were immediately singled out from the crowd at customs and interrogated. After getting through customs we were interrogated again by another woman who checked the answers with what we said at the first interrogation. The type of camera we were…

Huacachina and Lima: Goodbye South America

Huacachina and Ica Our next stop after Cusco was a tiny place called Huacachina right near the larger and more boring town of Ica. It was unique in our travels in that it seems to be the only place we have been to that exists solely for tourism. Not even the people who work there…

Cuzco and Machu Picchu (but mainly Machu Picchu)

We arrived at Quosco (that’s the local Quecha word for it before the Spanish mangled it) which sounds a lot like the bulk household goods warehouse we are all so fond of, but what it had in bulk was very, very nice squares and colonial architecture (at a low low price). Did we mention the…