To maximize our time in Mexico and because we didn't rent a car there, like we normally do when traveling, we booked a tour with Edventure Tours. We did their snorkel tour (cenotes and lagoon) and added on the Tulum ruins and sea turtles. We went to the ruins first...
Central America
We swam with whale sharks!
When I found out that whale sharks congregate in possibly the largest numbers in the world near Cancun, I knew we had to try to see them. We booked a trip with EcoColors and were like giddy little kids just thinking about it. {Photo via: Ecocolors via Discovery...
Playa del Carmen
We just got back from an amazing trip to Playa del Carmen, Mexico for our 15th anniversary! I picked the location based on the cheapest short flights to somewhere that we had never been to before. When I booked the trip, I didn't know what kind of condition I would be...
Costa Rica – the trip of a lifetime! Pura Vida!
We are just back from our amazing, un-freaking believable trip to Costa Rica for 10 days to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We covered a lot of ground and went to La Fortuna (Arenal), Uvita and the Osa Peninsula. I am so sad to be back. Usually I am ready to go...
Nature Paradise in the Osa Peninsula
The Osa Peninsula was our favorite part of the Costa Rica trip. You are right in the middle of the rainforest with nothing for miles around and the lodge is perched on the side of the mountain. El Remanso The lodge is casually elegant and rustic and consists of a...
Beautiful beach, spa and mountains – Uvita, Costa Rica
Sunday, June 14th Today we left the beautiful Arenal Volcano and headed to the airport for our first flight on Nature Air. I started getting really nervous and my stomach was doing flips. The airport was an old lechería (milk factory) and was essentially a bar....





