The time had come round again to leave our temporary home and find a new one, although today would also include another border crossing. We were moving on to Costa Rica so we needed to be up shortly after the sun rose for breakfast, checkout and walk to the bus stop. We were on the Chicken Bus for the second time but this time we were taking it to the end of the line, so to speak. Even though it was early morning, waiting by the side of the dusty road was energ...

Our tramping shoes had been lying airing by the door since we arrived, so we gingerly shook and checked them for any creepy crawly thing that might have decided to make it their new home. We needed them today because we were off to the San Ramon waterfall which was almost half way up the volcano and about a six hour round trip from the hostel. The entrance to the start of the volcano track was about 4km further along the island road. It was possible to kayak ro...

Despite being kept awake by noisy neighbours late into the night, David felt well enough to take a trip to Ojos de Agua today. After some banana pancakes, we headed for the bus stop. We could have rented bikes and arranged transport for about 900 cordobas but we decided to be a bit more adventurous and take the chicken bus. The schedules can't be guaranteed but we thought we should experience an old yellow, American school bus crawling and bouncing along the rugg...