Lob Blog San Jose-Tortuguero 13-19th Sept 2011 Do you know the way to San Jose? Those words by Dionne Warwick will stay etched into our minds forever as it seemed Sena had been reincarnated as a kamikaze bus driver. Nutter. We checked into our hostel called Tranquilla in the Barro Amon area of San Jose, which was clean, tidy and looked well visited given the thickness of the guest book and foreign coins trapped underneath the glass desk top. We decided to check...

Day 6 of our trip and on our way to the bright lights of Vegas we took a quick detour to the Hoover dam. Rob was in his element here bombarding me with engineering facts and figures, while I'm just impressed with the beauty of something so practical!And then we arrive. Crossing the sanity threshold, we entrust ourselves to Las Vegas for two nights.A last minute booking into Planet Hollywood hotel, not the plushest hotel on the strip but with it's location opposit...

After a 10 hour flight and a 90 minute slog through customs we arrive in the US of A! Our hire car picked- a sleek black jeep, our ride for the next 2 weeks. We set off for our motel in Hollywood and make good time, with only a few wrong turns! The motel (super8) is pretty basic, but clean and in a superb location with views of the Hollywood sign. Our first afternoon we explored Hollywood, gobbled down a American style sandwich ( by which I mean huge!) and trie...

I've started to think of our trip as having a baby... It's been months in preparation, our plans bubbling inside us. We have read all the books, bought all the kit, had an immense amount of advice, and saved saved saved! So here we are in the delivery suite that is a BA Boeing 747! We have been eagerly anticipating this day with trepidation and excitement wondering what adventures wait for us. And now it's finally here. The jobs are on hold, the flat is packed, ...