After a few days in San Jose, we were ready to discover the real Costa Rica. We took a bus to headed towards the Pacific Coast, in the province of Guanacaste, destination: the Nicoya Peninsula. We were in search of sun, sand, surf and monkeys if we were to be so lucky. We accepted an invitation to stay with couch surfer Craig, and his girlfriend Agnes and of course, excited to get out of the city.
The trip to Nosara was long, well over six hours, our …

Our last night
Back in Cancun, with the realization our mini-adventure, our “test-trip”, our jaunt around Mexico and Belize was about to end we were both a little sad it was coming to an end. Both Miro and I felt good about our travel, agreed we passed the test and have the ability to take on this lifestyle, and were truly excited about what’s ahead. However, today wasn’t a day for reflection, a time to look backwards. Today we had one job, pack up, enjoy our last night with our hosts, …

The cycle continues

We headed back to Cancun to stay with our couchsurfing hosts, Eric and Manolo. They are a gay couple, Monolo, a Mexican who lived in Los Angeles for many years and Eric, a native of France, have been life partners for over ten years. They work together, travel together and entertain together. Both are amazing artists, painters, and designers. But more impressive was they had the formula down, whatever it takes to keep their relationship alive. It was inspiring to experience and I absolutely loved being in …

Their place was in the little village called Bullet Tree, located at the foothills of the Maya Mountains and just a couple miles down the road from San Ignacio. In his car we went.