Today we leave El Salvador & fly straight over Nicaragua to Costa Rica.
Originally, the tour did include 5 days in Nicaragua, but recently the civil unrest has shut down the whole country & its no longer safe to travel there, the risk level & the travel advisory warnings have became more severe in the months of August & September.
Tom & I were in Africa when we received 3 emails regarding the crisis in Nicaragua, which started in mid April & has so far resulted in the estimated deaths of 317 people.
G adventures emailed us to say that they would no longer offer Nicaragua as one of the countries in the tour. The 2nd email was from the Australian government advising us not to travel in Nicaragua & that they would be unable to provide assistance to us if we did. The 3rd email was from our insurance company, also telling us not to go to Nicaragua....
So here we are, not going to Nicaragua!
It's a little bit disappointing to miss it, but it gives us an "excuse" to come back.
We will be back to rediscover a few of these regions & Nicaragua at a later point in time. Perhaps before we go on to do South America.
Our travel day starts with a 4.30am alarm & were all in the van by 5am to drive the hours distance to the airport. Check in, immigration & customs is very easy. Security is minimal & I would later realise that I accidentally had liquids in my carry on that were more than 100ml's.
The flight is very quick, slightly longer than an hour & we have arrived in country number 20, Costa Rica. The land of pura vida, which translates to english as pure life, but is said like "good life".
We've landed in the capital San Jose, the city where the tour will end in a few days, but today we will only be spending the 45 minutes it takes to drive out of the city.
Our first stop is Monte Verde, an area famous for it's really long zip line's.
Needless to say, Tom & I book in to do the zip lining tomorrow. It's a very popular activity & nearly our whole tour group has signed up for it.
Monte verde is also famous for it's national parks & wildlife. There is a tree canopy walk & some bird watching activities that we will consider doing.
Our accommodation is once again in private rooms with bathrooms! Tom & I get the double room at the end with a big window, which offers views up the hill.
It's a slack sort of night, the weather is cold & wet from the elevation, so we decide to skip group dinner & eat noodle cups, curled up in bed watching the tv.
- Alli
Originally, the tour did include 5 days in Nicaragua, but recently the civil unrest has shut down the whole country & its no longer safe to travel there, the risk level & the travel advisory warnings have became more severe in the months of August & September.
Tom & I were in Africa when we received 3 emails regarding the crisis in Nicaragua, which started in mid April & has so far resulted in the estimated deaths of 317 people.
G adventures emailed us to say that they would no longer offer Nicaragua as one of the countries in the tour. The 2nd email was from the Australian government advising us not to travel in Nicaragua & that they would be unable to provide assistance to us if we did. The 3rd email was from our insurance company, also telling us not to go to Nicaragua....
So here we are, not going to Nicaragua!
It's a little bit disappointing to miss it, but it gives us an "excuse" to come back.
We will be back to rediscover a few of these regions & Nicaragua at a later point in time. Perhaps before we go on to do South America.
Our travel day starts with a 4.30am alarm & were all in the van by 5am to drive the hours distance to the airport. Check in, immigration & customs is very easy. Security is minimal & I would later realise that I accidentally had liquids in my carry on that were more than 100ml's.
The flight is very quick, slightly longer than an hour & we have arrived in country number 20, Costa Rica. The land of pura vida, which translates to english as pure life, but is said like "good life".
We've landed in the capital San Jose, the city where the tour will end in a few days, but today we will only be spending the 45 minutes it takes to drive out of the city.
Our first stop is Monte Verde, an area famous for it's really long zip line's.
Needless to say, Tom & I book in to do the zip lining tomorrow. It's a very popular activity & nearly our whole tour group has signed up for it.
Monte verde is also famous for it's national parks & wildlife. There is a tree canopy walk & some bird watching activities that we will consider doing.
Our accommodation is once again in private rooms with bathrooms! Tom & I get the double room at the end with a big window, which offers views up the hill.
It's a slack sort of night, the weather is cold & wet from the elevation, so we decide to skip group dinner & eat noodle cups, curled up in bed watching the tv.
- Alli
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