In my working career, I went to a LOT of retirement parties. I never liked them much because I was always jealous, but I was interested in the questions that usually got asked of the new retiree. What are you going to do all day? I like hearing about other people’s hobbies, and where they…
Tag: birds
Minca, Colombia
Sometimes we need a break from being tourist in big cities and we planned 5 days in the small town of Minca, which is quite the contrast from our stays in Bogota, Cartagena and Medellin. Minca is a small hippy town in the jungle hills above Santa Marta. There are many hostels filled with European…
Quepos and Manuel Antonio NP
Manuel Antonio National Park is one of the top attractions in Costa Rica and we couldn’t leave it out of our trip. It is is the smallest Costa Rican National Park but it also the most popular with more than 150,000 visitors annually. It has some beautiful beaches combined with a lot of easily seen…
Monteverde, Costa Rica
After spending a week in La Fortuna, we weren’t quite ready to hit the Costa Rican beaches. We needed to see the Cloud Forest. Monteverde is a cloud forest jungle that is at a fairly high elevation of 4000-5000 feet. To get there from La Fortuna, we did the so called “Jeep-Boat-Jeep” transfer that was…
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
We had a good flight from Madrid through Bogota and arrived in San Jose about 4pm. Spain was getting a little chilly in November so it was great to feel the hot humid air when we left the airport. It was only 68 miles from the airport to the mountain town of La Fortuna but…
Montpellier, France
During my last few years of working when I was dreaming of retirement, I was picturing a nomadic life, staying for 2-3 months in European towns that weren’t too touristy. I wanted to live in Europe, not be a tourist. Montpellier is the type of town that I had pictured. It has 300k people but…
Birding goes great with traveling
Birding is fun!! I feel like it is like Pokémon hunting for adults. Gotta Catch them All!! But each new continent and country opens up more Pokémon to find. What a perfect hobby for world travelers. I have always had bird feeders and enjoyed identifying the birds with our small collection of bird books. I…