Friday morning began very early with free breaky at the hostel followed by a brisk 45 minute walk from the hostel to a little neighbourhood called Georgetown. The houses in this part of Washington are super nice and really old, some were even lined on cobblestone streets with old street car tracks in them. ... Continue Reading →
It was an early start to the day to catch our 10:45am flight from Toronto to Washington. However, on the plus side the weather was in our favour and it sure was a beautiful day! After landing at the Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C. after a very short 1 hour flight, we left the... Continue Reading →
In T-minus 3 weeks and 2 days I will be joining 15,000 other women to run in the Nike Women's Half Marathon in Washington D.C! Stayed tuned for my awesome D.C adventure!
Tuesday morning we had breakfast at "The Bakery" before our long 5 hour drive to our final destination on the trip, our return to Tamarindo. The second half of the afternoon was spent souvenir shopping with dinner at "Bamboo Sushi Club." The sushi here isn't anything special but the decor sure is! To enter the restaurant you... Continue Reading →
Saturday morning began with a hike to the waterfall in Montezuma. On the hike to the falls we stopped by a street vendor selling coconuts (a woman sitting on the side of the road with a cooler full of coconuts). Machete in hand, she chopped off the top half of the coconuts and popped in... Continue Reading →
Wednesday we headed to Manuel Antonio National Park. For a $10 US entrance fee we were able to hike a few different trails with amazing viewpoints as well as swim in a couple of the beaches there. The main beach is by far one of the nicest beaches that I've seen so far in Costa... Continue Reading →
Sunday began with a fun filled morning of ziplining at "Monteverde Extremo Canopy." The ziplines were amazing!! Some were as high as 142m and as long as 1km. There were 3 unique aspects of this zip line tour than others that I've been on. 1. We saw a macaw 2. Tarzan Swing. You Basically drop... Continue Reading →
After 7 hours of travel time, I arrived in Liberia, Costa Rica! I had a delayed layover in Houston, apparently a crazy guy went into one of the terminals earlier that afternoon with a gun? Incase you're as out of the loop as I was... http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/03/us/texas-houston-airport-terminal/index.html After arriving in Liberia, I was greeted by my... Continue Reading →
Introducing my own first ever, official, "backpacking backpack," which I've dubbed "Packarella" ("packy" for short). Just incase the title of this post got "Umbrella" in your head.. . I got this beauty from Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) on King Street in Toronto. They had a huge selection of packs but I decided to go with... Continue Reading →
It's official! I will be Costa Rica bound in t-minus 3 months! Adventuring with a travel group hitting up Tamarindo, Monteverde, Manuel Antonio, Montezuma and Mal Pais over the course of 15 days. Countdown to paradise begins now! Stay tuned!
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