Category: Travel
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Vancouver Island
And so it was on to our next pitch; driving Delta is still a stressful experience at times, especially on unknown roads along with road rules that are still new to us…..also Delta has a tail swing that can knock a line of cars over like bowling pins! We arrived at the Living Forest Campsite…
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Delta and the beginning of our journey…
On 8th June we collected Delta, our RV, and it was a steep learning curve! After some “intense” driving experiences and quickly learning we really have to plan ahead with parking and road junctions we started to love RV life! Delta is a perfect fit for us as first time RV-ers, she’s big enough for…
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Vancouver
Whilst waiting for our Motorhome deal to go through we had 11 glorious days in Vancouver city. The weather was perfect, warm and dry (sometimes a little on the windy side) and having plenty of time on our hands we explored the beautiful city mostly on foot, we walked a lot! We spent a lot…
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Oh, Canada!
At the end of May (2023) we flew out to Vancouver, Canada. For many years, even before we met, we’d had an interest in Canada. Whilst taking a break from work, this was our opportunity to explore this very large country. We had researched what we could before travelling, and it seemed possible that a…
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The Rice and The Beans…
As anyone who has been to Costa Rica will tell you (and a few people in Switzerland did before we left), you will eat a lot of rice and beans. Gallo Pinto is the name, and it is basically white rice with kidney beans (with seasoning) and is a staple dish for breakfast and possibly…
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Costa Rica Tourist Days: Coffee Plantation, Poas Volcano, La Paz Waterfall
After leaving The Rescue Center (explanation in future post) and some recovery days in the hotel room we both felt a little better and were able to book a tourist day out. After some research we found a local tour company offering a great day out; we would be collected and taken to visit one…
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What is ‘Slothsitting’?
During our time at The Rescue Center, we focused mostly on working with the Sloths. As we mentioned in the previous Sloth posts, this work also included Slothsitting – and this was the most rewarding, entertaining and certainly our favourite part of the whole Costa Rica trip. The baby sloths (living in their small enclosures…
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Costa Rica Tourist Days: Bioluminescence
Whilst in Costa Rica, our priority was getting as much animal-time as possible – particularly with the Sloths as we expect this to be our only chance to work with them. But… we also wanted to see some of what Costa Rice had to offer and that meant being touristsist once in a while. After…
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More Sloths…
On our first morning shift on the sloth team our alarm went off at 5:30AM (although not strictly needed as we are woken each morning as dawn breaks at around 5AM and from 4:30AM all the nature around is waking up, especially the parrots!). After finishing at 10PM the night before, we made our way…
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Let’s Talk About Sloths
After our short but enjoyable stint on the Animal Team we were able to join the Sloth Team. This was Elizabeth’s main reason for choosing this rescue centre as they have a sloth team dedicated to the rehabilitation of sloths, in particular baby sloths, and releasing them back into the wild as soon as possible.…
Travel, Nature & Us 