We spent four days in Chicago – one before our trip to Costa Rica and three after. We stayed with my mum’s best friends Carolyn and Dan, which was fabulous and like visiting family. On our first day in Chicago we went to a free jazz concert and art exhibitions at the Chicago…
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Piako visits Niagara Falls
Piako was very excited to visit Niagara Falls! He liked getting his picture taken by the falls as they were lit up at night.
Tortuguero
After a great couple of days in Puerto Viejo, we travelled to Tortuguero. Tortuguero is only accessible by boat or plane but getting to the boat was not a simple trip! We took a bus to Limon, waited an hour, took a bus to Guapiles, took another bus to Cariari then after a couple of…
Puerto Viejo
We took a bus about half an hour down the coast from Cahuita to Puerto Viejo, where we spent two nights. Puerto Viejo is a bigger town than Cahuita but it has the same relaxed Caribbean vibe (and great food!) While we were there we relaxed with a picnic on the beach on our first…
Panama City – How to have an epic fail.
We had nine hours in Panama City en route to Costa Rica. We had done our research and thought it would be easy to go and see the Panama Canal using public transport. We were very wrong! How to have an epic fail: Step 1: Start off on the wrong foot by leaving Piako in our…
St Louis, Missouri
While staying with Jeff and Janet, Reuben and I took a day trip to St Louis, Missouri. Our main purpose was to see the St Louis arch, the tallest man-made monument in the United States. We watched a really interesting movie about the explorers Lewis and Clark, took a tiny elevator up the side of…
Omaha, Nebraska
After a long day of driving, we arrived at my (Karen’s) friend Laurie’s house. Laurie and her husband Josh live in Omaha, Nebraska – I met Laurie five years ago when living in Ethiopia, so I was really excited to see her and catch up on the last five years. Laurie took us out for…
Laramie, Wyoming
Okay, this post is kind of a lie…we really didn’t see much of Laramie after driving all day from Yellowstone. But, we did get to see my (Karen’s) cousin Bridger, which was awesome! We went out for some Mexican food and had fun catching up with Bridger after his trip to Germany.
Yellowstone National Park
We had an incredibly full day in Yellowstone National Park. Our day started early as we drove from Alpine to the south entrance of Yellowstone. Our first stop for the day was at the West Thumb Geyser Basin, where we walked around the boardwalks and saw some of the geysers and pools that are right…
Meandering Kiwis 