Ecuador and Galapagos Travel Adventure Planning

I am excited to say that we are planning to spend part of Winter 2016 in  South America.  Specifically we plan to partake in Ecuador and Galapagos travel adventures and in areas outside of Quito Ecuador both Land and Sea. Although Ecuador is a small country, it is ecologically diverse, from the Andes to the Amazon, to the Continue reading

Costa Rica Adventures

Rain forest skywalk in Costa RicaCosta Rica is an interesting and diverse country chock full of fascinating nature-related adventures.  This series of posts provides what Costa Rica Adventures we chose to do and why, when to go, accommodations, and some of the professionals we used to enhance our trip.

Flying to Costa Rica

Many people fly into San Jose, Juan Santamaria International Airport to see the volcanoes and cloud forests. We chose to fly to Liberia, Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport in Guanacaste on the Pacific Northwest side.

Costa Rica Adventures in Guanacaste

Guanacaste is the drier region, and offers great Costa Rica land and sea adventures.  The Guanacaste area has the jungles, rivers, zip-lines, and more.  Costa Rica Adventures that  Continue reading

Westpunt Curacao Accommodations

Kura Hulanda Lodge & Beach Club - Ocean View Overlook walk, in Westpunt CuracaoTom and I have stayed at 2 places in Westpunt Curacao and looked at several others Accommodations in Westpunt.  For several years, we chose to stay at what was called the 5 star resort – Kura Hulanda Beach Resort as our preferred Westpunt Curacao Accommodations – and it was 5 star in 2008.  Today, …  Continue reading

Packing List for Curacao

View to south from Kura Hulanda Lodge & Beach ClubMy friend Frann joined us in Curacao for a week. The night before she left she emailed me to ask for a packing list for Curacao, and then she repacked everything. I asked her what Curacao packing list advice I should share that was the most valuable for her packing she said the following was most helpful: Continue reading

Curaçao’s Shete Boka National Park – Wonderous Natural Beauty

Shete Boka CuracaoCuracao’s Shete Boka National Park is a site with beautiful Boka’s (inlets) on the windward side of Curaçao. Shete Boka stands for ‘seven inlets,’ although in reality there are more than seven coves in this park. The park begins at the …  Continue reading