Immersion is my favorite way to experience a new country. And you couldn’t wipe the smile from my face the days we spent at Miraflor Nature Reserve in Nicaragua. Not only were we deep in the heart of Nica countryside, we were also on a coffee farm.
Besides being a protected haven for flora and fauna, Miraflor hosts an agricultural cooperative [...]
Twelve years ago this week, Brian and I went to Costa Rica.
We were midway through figuring out how to make the dream a truth and we were craving a research trip. We found a piece of paradise at Bosque del Cabo.
Located in the southwest corner of the country, in the rainforest [...]
There’s something about placing toilets and showers outdoors, without walls around them, in guest accommodations, that’s, well…..unusual.
We stayed at both, The Lookout
and Pillow Dreams
before we moved into The Treehouse (thanks Charles and Sharon for boating in that lovely cast iron tub and hauling it up the steep hill–that [...]
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