Author: Ivan
About the Bus Ride to Jaco Beach: Good News and Bad News
First, the bad news. There’re enough stories on the Interwebs about tourists being robbed on the bus in Costa Rica to make one cautious. As cautious as we were, the bus driver and his companion opened ...
Photo Impressions of Costa Rica
Everywhere you look in San Jose, the buildings are protected like maximum security prisons: San Jose has varied architecture. Some buildings, like this one, are just plain weird. No, this isn’t camera perspective distortion. This building ...
My First Impression of Costa Rica
My first impression of Costa Rica is that it’s a country of high contrast. The downtown San Jose buildings are mostly old and decrepit. Everywhere there are locks, security gates, double rows of barbed wire and ...
Early Morning Beach Bike Ride on Pawleys Island
In Pawleys Island, South Carolina, we tried to take an early morning bike ride on the beach. In theory, if you hit low tide, the sand is hard enough to ride on. The guy behind the ...