The power of four!

21 May-2 Jun 2015 – 57 lost miles, flying by the seat of our pants & loose wheels

“How many milos back to San José, Jase?” I casually enquired astride Pearl having spent my energy and half the day with the hummingbirds at Chichona.

“According to the sat nav, 57 miles” was the succinct reply received down the helmet intercom.

“Really? Well, what’s that massive city down there then?” I queried as we contoured down the mountain road towards a metropolis of urban sprawl.

“I don’t know but we’ve still got nearly 60 miles to go yet.”

Blindly following Jason who was blindly following the GPS took us into the concrete heart of said unknown city, whereupon I enquired with stronger conviction, “Look at that sign Jase, it says we’re only three Ks from San José, this must be it.”

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A green and black poison dart frog, Costa Rica

13-20 May 2015 – The Blue-jeans frog & hummers in every hue

At risk of becoming full-time residents at Camping Maria near Cahuita, it was a wrench to go and meander into pastures new. After moving camp a couple of times—shoreline tent pitching can be a little damp at best with those boisterous Caribbean waves—we got settled having made a pleasurable little routine for ourselves in which to indulge daily, such as taking long beach walks, fortifying ourselves with home cooked meals in Maria’s beach-garden and amusing ourselves with the Jason’s production of Mission Impossible about the black and green poison dart frog.

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