My final day in Costa Rica! I got up late, enjoying a lye in and having no reason to get up early. Finally I got up, and had breakfast in the hoste…

I decided I'd give San Jose another chance... sure I'd seen a bit of it on Friday with Julie, but I was sure there was more to this city.So as the …

Rising early I got my stuff together and sat in reception waiting to be picked up for my day long rafting trip of the Pacuare. 50 minutes later and…

Getting out of bead lazily mid way through the morning, I packed my bags and got ready to leave. My coach to San Jose wasn't untill midday so I had…

I smiled to myself as I got up today; back at home it would be the first day back to work after the Christmas holidays for millions of people and h…

I set out from the hostel about 09.00, slightly later than I'd hoped, and walked up to the bus stop. The sun was already high in the sky and beating …

So that was it I was back to travelling solo for my final week.I got up early and walked to the nearest bank to try and get some cash out, it didn't …

We left La Fortuna in the morning and headed out to San Jose, our final stop and final night were closing in.The journey took approximately 3.5 hours…

I awoke in the morning, and lazily got up and walked in to town for a brunch; Pizza. For the rest of the day I took things easy, walking around the t…

New Year's Eve was upon us, the last day of a pretty good year I thought.I got up early and got picked up for the rafting at 08.30, the majority of t…

Waking today, I found my legs felt much better, I still had an ache but I could now lift my feet more than 6 inches off the floor. I packed my bags a…

After a night of being quite ill, I came to the conclusion I wouldn't be able to go on the tour of the cloud forest this morning, and would be best t…

Costa Rica here we come, my fourth and final country! I woke up this morning, tried to move my legs and wow... the ache I felt in the front of my thi…

Awaking early, I got dressed, checked my bag for everything I needed and met everybody at the van. We drove literally 3 doors down and stopped for …

Meeting in reception, we walked down to the bus stop, and boarded the Chicken bus to Rivas. The bus was fairly empty, down to Boxing day I guess,…

08.00 BEEP BEEP BEEP! Oh crap, why did I set my alarm for 08.00 again; oh yeah I was going to try and ring home and needed to wrap my secret Santa pr…

We met all met in the hotel reception jumped in some taxis and headed to Granada "bus station", as soon as we´d arrived there were men opening the b…

I met with the group that was to go Kayaking that morning, and we all walked to the tour office, jumped in the van and made the short drive to our pu…

Next stop Granada. Again Martin treated us to a Private van for our short journey to Granada, on the banks of Lake Nicaragua. We arrived after a few …

We weren't due to meet for the Volcano Boarding until just before 13.00, so I spent the morning exploring Leon. I have to say I loved this place, it …

After a lazy morning, we set off late morning for our flight our of Leon to Tegucigalpa. We boarded the little plane from Roatan to La Ceiba a little…

Our final day on Roatan, and the last time I'd see the Caribbean. I decided I wanted to go Sea Kayaking, and so having consulted with the reception a…

I got up just after 09.00 and got prepared to join the snorkeling tour, which we'd been told about when we'd arrived the previous evening. I wasn't s…

I awoke at 05.15 and met the group at 05.40, we walked to the bus and left Copan Ruinas at 06.00. The journey through the hills was spectacular…

We all met at 09.00 and made the short walk (15 mins) to the Ruins of Copan, where we met with our guide for the visit. (At the entrance we saw some …

Our first travel day!We all met at the hotel reception at 09.00 with our bags and got on our private mini bus for the journey to Copan in Honduras. W…

Another free day in Antigua, I got up at 09.00 and not seeing anyone (as previously mentioned 3 had left early to go up Pacaya) I headed out for brea…

What a nightmare start to the day... my alarm failed to go off! I was due to be picked up from the hostel at 06.00 to hike Pacaya, however my alarm…

After an okay nights sleep (the mattresses in the dorms have plastic covers on which rustle everytime you move) I got up around 10.00, and had a yumm…

This was it, it was 03.00 and I'd just got up to start my latest wondering...Leaving the house at 03.45, I made my way to Heathrow (my Dad giving m…