Weekend Food Festival of Juayua Ruta de las Flores We seem not to have the best of weather for food festivals on many single-parent family travel occasions. Two times we have stayed in towns just for a Saturday food festive. The last time was in Paraguay and the weather was extremely cold that my son […]
Juayua, Ruta de las Flores, El Salvador, and Juayua Hotel We had taken a bus from our not so pleasant time in El Tunco on the coast. I need sleep and figured this little town might just be a bit cooler, and friendlier. We had not received a reply to our late email request to […]
Las Penitas Nicaragua. A quaint fishing village. A great budget hotel. And 1-day old turtles sent out to sea! Having had no internet when we left Laguna de Apollo, we were ‘winging it’. We ‘stole’ a flyer off the notice board of what looked like a good place on the coast. The Paradiso Hostel called […]
Laguna de Apoyo (Apollo) and swimming in a volcanic crater We arrived late – just as the sun was setting across the Laguna. We were famished as we had no lunch, so as we were at a French-owned hostel, we naturally ordered crepes. They told us to head for the lakeside bar. There I ordered […]
Mombacho Volcano is a great place to take kids Nicaragua We were up early this a.m. We were trying (again) to hike Mombacho Volcano. Our hotel rang the company that organizes the tours and we were told to be there by 9 a.m. So we took a taxi with so much excitement since we expected […]
Granada Nicaragua Kids learn a lot on the carriage ride We traveled by local “chicken buses”, from San Juan del Sur to Granada. We should have paid a lot less for the cab to the hostel, but it was quibbling over $1 and I was not about to be left standing, so we took it. […]
Nicaragua Costa Rica Border Crossing -into San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua – a gorgeous town- We had a great time piling into our friend’s car, along with a way too much luggage. This single parent travel, they drove us from Monteverde Costa Rica to Liberia and dropped us at the bus station. Here, buses depart […]
Monteverde Cloud & Rain Forest of Costa Rica We left Alajuela fairly late – we had been told the night before that there were buses every hour. Then suddenly, a guy at the hostel told us something completely different the next morning. He was adamant there were no direct buses to Monteverde until mid-afternoon. If […]
Alajuela and San Jose Costa Rica With deep regret, we had left Ecuador, and South America behind us. But at the same time, there is an edge of excitement for both of us. We were hitting Central America. At last, we would be warm again. We both love the beach, the sun, and the sand. […]
We visit an orphanage in Quito Ecuador Yesterday was a special day in our hearts. One of those times you get to share something extraordinary – out of the blue. Last time we were in Quito was more than 6 months ago, and we had met Jen. She has been working for 5 years at […]
Chiclayo Monsefu Peru and Victoria Hostal We had booked the Victoria Hostal. It was really close to the main Plaza, and also we could walk to the bus depots and compare prices. Not to mention there were 2 shopping plazas nearby and one had TOTTUS, my son’s favorite store! When we arrived we were shown […]
Chincha El Carmen Maimainé Afro-Peruvian Restaurant San José Peru After our morning in Paracas, we really did not have a lot else to do, so we packed up and decided to take a taxi into Pisco. The hostel owner helped us organize a good rate, and told the driver where to drop us at the local mini-van […]
