Birds in Paradise – Costa Rica
Migrating birds from two hemispheres meet the endemic residents in the middle – in incomparable Costa Rica. Perhaps nowhere else on earth offers you a better opportunity to see birds from both hemispheres in one place. Depending on the time of year that you travel you’ll be immersed in a kaleidoscope of plumage – not only from the colourful endemic species but also by the visitors from each continent – either...
Costa Kaleidoscope
Costa Rica offers one of the most diverse, stable, peaceful and colourful destinations that you’ll find anywhere on the planet – thanks in part to having abolished its standing army many years ago. From occupation by the Spanish Conquistadors who named it the ‘Rich Coast’ to the bloodshed and turmoil of civil war throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, its little wonder that by 1947 this little...
Nuestra Casa – Costa Rica
Admire – and perhaps envy – our guest writer Patrick Goodness’ life at home in Costa Rica If I close my eyes tight enough and strain the limits of my memory, I can almost remember the tiny details of my life before I moved our little family to a new future in Costa Rica. It’s been ten years since we left our cozy neighborhood in Antioch, Illinois, a small-town Chicago suburb. With two small children in tow, we decided that...
Chile – Third and final part of Karen’s post
Argentina Adventure Part 3 – well, actually Chile In the third of this three-part guest blog, Karen von Gerlach concludes her Argentine adventure with a brief glimpse into Chile Sunday, 8 November 2015 I felt sad to leave Bariloche in Patagonia. There would have been so much more to explore. However, new adventures were waiting. We were lucky. The weather was going to be sunny and pleasant for our lake crossing from...
Argentina Part 2 – Tierra del Fuego & Patagonia
Tierra del Fuego & Patagonia In the second of this three-part guest blog Karen von Gerlach, our South African friend, continues her Argentine epic to ‘The end of the world’ Wednesday, 28 October 2015 Argentina is enormous – the eighth largest country in the world. It says in a tourist brochure – if Argentina could be stretched out over Europe, with its northwest corner positioned over London, the country’s...
Argentina Part 1 – Buenos Aires and around
Buenos Aires & around In the first of this three-part guest blog, our South African friend Karen von Gerlach entertains us with her lively account of life in Buenos Aires. Monday, 19 October 2015 Everything had been carefully planned for months, new suitcases had been bought and perfectly packed (at least in my case; Kai packs his suitcase in an hour or less) at home everything had been organised and our pre-booked taxi...
