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Costa Rica
Yesterday's mud-floods left behind, the route was set for Costa Rica. It was a slow and uneventful border crossing into a magical land where almost everybody speaks English, all price tags are in US dollars, and being Israeli brings those prices down: The first hostel we saw in Monteverde was covered with a collage of handwritten recommendations in ( Read more... ) -
And then there were two
No Sergey, no Gombergs, only us dos to face the road and - with it - Mexican traffic. We would have set out of Mexico City a day earlier, right after visiting the ruins of Xachicalco with Nadia, but it turned out to be a hoy no circulo day for our GreenGo. In effort to reduce smog and traffic in the city, each day of the week cars with license ( Read more... ) -
Reserva Biosfera
I woke up before the alarm. "You both snore," I said, and Shurik, on my right, made an disapproving sound. "Yeah?" mumbled Sergey on my left. Last night, in this town of Gomez Farias, we made plans with a man named Saul to take a ride in his 4x4 to the start of a hiking trail in El Cielo Biosphere, and as part of the deal he gave us a place to park ( Read more... ) -
Jeri
From one beach town to the next. From Pipa to Jericoacoara. I don't like it here. I finally understand what it means for a place to have the right vibe, and this place just doesn't have it. The beach is dirty and the sand buggies are expensive to rent. We finally did team up with two Italians, Paulo and Ricardo, and went riding to the remote ( Read more... ) -
Tortoise Day
It might depend on my mood or the company I’m in, but some days are just better then others. On November 22 we ended our seven day long boat trip through many of the Galapagos Islands and once again ended up in Puerto Ayora. Seriously, I have to say, I could not have been happier. Don’t get me wrong, the boat trip was awesome and I truly loved ( Read more... )
