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Costa Rica (2023)

In 2022, I returned to Costa Rica as my way to get back into travelling as the pandemic slowly waned. Omicron had cancelled a previous attempt in January 2022 and I rebooked with Intrepid for March 2022. The tour was cut short in Monteverde where we spent three days in isolation before returning to San Jose.

For this reason, I missed out on the zipline in Monteverde and the visit to Manuel Antonio National Park. I decided to return to finish that and add more. I was very lucky to find two back-to-back tours that not only encompassed what I had missed, but added on visits to Puerto Viejo and Corcovado. Continue reading “Costa Rica (2023)”

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You Better Belize It!

Belize

1 – 13 February 2023

I was looking for somewhere to go in early 2023 when Intrepid had their Black Friday sale in November. I wanted something less than two weeks, somewhere close and somewhere hot with snorkelling opportunities.

I had spoken to someone who had a friend living in Belize and they had nothing but good things to say. The Intrepid Land of Belize fit the bill perfectly with a few days visiting the country ending off with a couple days in the islands. Even better, we has a couple of free days and I was able to visit Tikal in Guatamala on one of them. Continue reading “You Better Belize It!”

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Tibet with Intrepid Travel

20 October to 3 November 2019

The prospect of visiting Tibet first came up in 2017 but getting there wasn’t as easy as I expected. The first tour was cancelled due to lack of interest and the second tour was changed to Bhutan when the Chinese closed the border for a week. Continue reading “Tibet with Intrepid Travel”

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Best of the Galapagos with Intrepid Travel

18 February – 5 March 2019

Do you want to glide through the water next to a sea turtle that was born before the Great War or watch sharks weave between your feet? Spin in the water with sea lions or watch a sea horse sway in the currents? Or watch rays fly through the depths like birds riding the thermals? Continue reading “Best of the Galapagos with Intrepid Travel”