Archive for the ‘Central America’ Category

After 3 action packed days in Monterverde we decided that another stint at the beach would be ideal. We had heard many travellers along the way talk about a place called Manuel Antonio so we arranged a shuttle to take us there from Montervede. Leaving at 8am, the drive took just under 4 hours.

Having spent two very chilled out days in El Salvador, we arranged another bus to take us to Costa Rica. This bus ride was an 18 hour trip in total, and involved a private shuttle from El Salvador to San Salvador and then we boarded a Kings Quality Bus (one of two bus services that go there – this one is cheapest) and travelled through Nicaragua and onto Costa Rica.

From Miami we headed to Central America. Guatemala was our first step although in hind sight we should have probably gone to Costa Rica first and then made our way north, it would have been logistically easier that’s all. We didn’t know much, nothing in fact about Guatemala but we quickly worked out that a nice place to visit was Antigua….