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Steep learning curve

August 18, 2022

A couple of months before our departure to Costa Rica, I got my drivers license. I was proud as a peacock, but nothing had prepared me for the Costa Rican roads! … More Steep learning curve

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Tropical adventures – Part 2

July 15, 2020

Why getting out of Drake felt like Matt Damon in “The Martian” Problem three: Driving from Drake to Jimenez Why, you might ask yourself, driving out would be worse than driving in? Well, remember the tropical storm that I mentioned earlier? It not only turned our local road into a mud river…but it also provoked … More Tropical adventures – Part 2

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Welcome to the jungle!

February 28, 2020

We have now arrived to what will be our home for the next four months. The trip was “almost” uneventful. Almost. Let me explain. We left the central pacific with blue sky and full sun. It was even too hot. But as we were approaching the Osa Peninsula, it suddenly got dark. Let me repeat. … More Welcome to the jungle!

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