Uvita was the southernmost part of our two month adventure and the drive down Costanera Sur was beautiful. Surrounded by some of Costa Rica’s most dynamic natural environments, the highway follows the Pacific Ocean coastline and threads through tropical rainforest landscapes rich in biodiversity. Along our route, we passed through Dominical — known for its wild, wave-crashing beaches backed by the jungle and found Mama Toucans, an organic bakery and supermarket. It’s a popular stop if you want to stock…
The drive from La Fortuna toward Quepos on a cloudy, rainy day was slow and deliberate. It was raining and the winding mountain roads twisted sharply as we drove up into…
La Fortuna was our third stop in Costa Rica and we drove in from Monteverde, along the twisting, mountainous dirt roads. The 40 kilometre drive to Tilaran took an hour and…
On the day before our drive to Monteverde, we had very strong winds at night in the Esterone area. Palm trees scraped along our metal roof all night long, punctuated by…
Above: Sunrise at Playa Buenavista. Esterones, Costa Rica – Our First Month For the first month of our visit to Costa Rica, we rented a house in a small district called…
The Ostional Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica was created in 1984 to protect one of the world’s most important nesting sites of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle. It was a destination…
2025 started with a spectacular three week visit to Madeira. We visited because we wanted to experience the famous Levada hiking trails we had read so much about and get away…
2025 was a particularly cold winter and spring, and the weather in Collingwood did not really warm up until early June, the same month I turned 70 and I decided that…
What started as a necessity six years ago (the Doctors told me I needed to lose some weight for surgery, so I started to run five days a week), has become…








