by Anna Downing | Feb 27, 2011 | Features, Travel
My experience of Colombia really began when I got on the plane in Panama City. After chasing an ambulance through gridlocked traffic to get to the airport, the plane left early, arrived 15 before schedule, we got off the plane the moment it touched down, walked...
by Anna Downing | Feb 10, 2011 | Features, Travel
Panama Day 1 Panama day 1 really kind of starts in Costa Rica. We were held up in traffic on the way to Panama so we ended up not making the border crossing in time and had to spend the night in Sixaola, a weird little town with nothing going for it. We were literally...
by Anna Downing | Feb 8, 2011 | Features, Travel
Day 14 – last week Santa Cruz, Ometepe, Nicaragua Today was our first full day on Ometepe, the volcano island in the middle of lake Nicaragua. It’s a beautiful island, and the side we stayed on was very windy and the lake was really wavy. Women clean their...
by Anna Downing | Feb 2, 2011 | Features, Travel
Costa Rica Day 10 Another night in the tent, which was so much fun. It was also quite interesting to share a bathroom block with loads of other people – meeting people for the first time as you stand side by side brushing your teeth together is a funny way to...