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Here you can read short updates of our whereabouts.
As you have already read, we started September great by watching the release of baby sea turtles. We then drove to the end of the road at the Ola Peninsula where we enjoyed a beautiful campsite by the sea. We enjoyed the peace and quiet and went for walks along … Read more
At the end of our August blog I wrote that early September I got to fulfil a dream. While driving around playa Preciosa (Osa, CR) we happened to notice a hatchery for turtle eggs. Very interesting but there was nobody there to ask anything and we didn’t have any cellphone … Read more
On the 12th of September we drove in to Panama at the Sixaola border on the Caribbean side. An easy border crossing, only the paperwork for Binkie took a long time, partly due to computer problems. Fortunately nobody at the border demanded to see a drivers license before giving the … Read more
At the beginning of August we went to Tortuguero National Park to see turtles. You can only reach Tortuguero by boat. So we left the van in a secure parking lot and with a backpack for an overnight stay and of course Binkie in the other backpack, we left for … Read more
After a few months of having smaller and bigger issues with the van (you can read about it here), we finally had one big issue. The van was running hot (again) after we had been driving some stupendous steep slopes in Costa Rica. It was not the first time. For … Read more
In the last months, we have been in garages quite often. Of course, before we started our long journey, we made sure our Mitsubishi was in good shape, but we did not go as far as to restore or overhaul our vehicle completely and exchange all wear parts for new … Read more
The three most important cities in Nicaragua are Leon, Granada and Managua. We visited all three of them. Leon and Granada are typical Colonial cities, Managua less so. Leon Leon is the city closest to the Pacific Ocean and is also the warmest place in Nicaragua. We can definitely confirm … Read more
