I hope you enjoy my Costa Rica travel blog (even if you aren’t diabetic!) I offer tips for diabetic travel, which can be valuable for people without diabetes as well. Safe and healthful travel is great for all of us!
We have visited Costa Rica twice – the first time in December 2013 on a privately guided tour by Costa Rica Expeditions, and the second time in December 2016 on a self-drive trip.
We visited Tortuguero, Drake Bay, Corcovado, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Jaco, Uvita, San Gerardo de Dota and Sarchi. Obviously we loved it because we came back!
If the plains of the Serengeti weren’t enough, one year later we somehow found ourselves in the jungle lodge “Tortuga Lodge and Gardens” in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. All of my life I had feared the bugs and heat of the Central and South American jungles. As a child and tom-boy,
Carlos our trusty driver transported us from San Jose up to the Monteverde Cloud Forest, with our wonderful guide Jonathan Ramirez, both of Costa Rica Expeditions. After a quick visit to the Ranario (Frog Zoo), we were soon wandering the paths of the National Park, searching for the elusive
Tortuguero is located on the Caribbean coast, in the Limon Province of Costa Rica. It is a National Park along an estuary which hugs the coastline. It is chock full of beautiful birds and wetlands creatures. Just imagine how stunning the show would have been like, if the photographer had
The year was 2013, relatively early in our traveling history. I had not yet developed my enjoyable, time-consuming vacation planning analysis (described in my post Amazon Dreams on my first day of Retirement). I had not yet gained a level of confidence in international travel that would allow me to
This will be a record, I’m sure. Home from Costa Rica on Monday night, and my show already completed and posted by Friday! Our itinerary included just one night in Jaco, a visit to the Manuel Antonio National Park in Quepos, five days in Uvita (which included a day
My recommendation for Costa Rica Expeditions is wholeheartedly positive, however due to circumstances which were entirely within my control, I feel we over-paid for our adventure. We had just moved from Massachusetts to Rhode Island, and were soon to travel to the Galapagos Islands when I discovered that it was
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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