Costa Rica On Friday, my husband and I left Playa Hermosa for Nicaragua. First, we took the bus back to Liberia where we changed to another bus to Peñas Blancas. This town is the official border crossing between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The border formalities for us were simple. We paid a small exit fee […]
Nicaragua, Dec 2012 Read More »
Playa Hermosa This 2-week trip to Central America covered two countries – Costa Rica and Nicaragua. My husband and I were going first to Costa Rica, then we traveled by bus to Nicaragua and returned to a different Costa Rica city to fly home. The trip was supposed to achieve two goals – to see
Costa Rica, Dec 2012 Read More »
Cartagena (continued) Our last day in Colombia was on the beach. We wanted to dip into the Caribbean before going home to our landlocked Colorado. It took a while to find the right tour. In the end, out of all available beach trips, we chose to go to Playa Blanca. It was for a day
Playa Blanca, Colombia, March 2020 Read More »
Castillo San Felipe de Barajas This post is going to be mostly photos and little text. Cartagena is so colorful that I wanted to take a picture of every street in its arts district Getsemani. These photos got to be posted somewhere. Rest assured that I have a lot more pictures but I have to
Cartagena (continued), Colombia, March 2020 Read More »
Old town of Cartagena This fortress sits on top of the Hill of San Lázaro outside of the Walled town of Cartagena. The Spanish built it in the 1600s to protect the city after it was occupied and looted by Sir Francis Drake. The Castillo was cleverly designed. Its complex consists of several individual forts
Castillo San Felipe de Barajas, Colombia, March 2020 Read More »
Cartagena We spent our first full day in Cartagena exploring the old town. The Lonely Planet lists the Palace of inquisition as a top city attraction. So we went to it first. The museum name suggests that its visitors should expect to see torture equipment and other tools that we are used to associate with
Old town of Cartagena, Colombia, March 2020 Read More »
Denver to Colombia The bus to the airport smelled of disinfecting wipes. A few passengers wore face masks and looked extra cautious; others behaved as usual. I wrapped a thin cotton scarf around my lower face not wanting to appear panic-stricken and at the same time, hoping that it would provide some protection. We had
Cartagena, Colombia March 2020 Read More »
It was the second half of February and 4 months since I returned home from my 2019 Europe-Asia-Europe trip. The weather in Colorado was snowy with temperatures below freezing, the kind that makes me to hole up at home because I am a cold blooded creature and need warmth to survive. My job as a
Denver to Colombia, March 2020 Read More »
The Tower of London The following day, Monday, was rather chaotic and fruitless. The protests demanding justice for the killed British teenager continued. Streets in the City were blocked by the demonstrators; all traffic was disrupted, the Big Buses did not follow their scheduled routes. After two hours of going around the already familiar places
London’s Art Museums, UK 2019 Read More »
Sherlock Holmes museum Getting to the Tower from Sherlock Holmes museum required me to take two different Big Buses. Because each route only goes in one direction, I traveled through the same streets again and did not mind that in the least. The rain ceased for a while and I even managed to snap pictures
The Tower of London, UK 2019 Read More »
