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Puerto Rico Days 23 and 24 Old San Juan and El Yunque National Park

We got up relatively early and Luke and I went for an 8km run down to the town we had seen last night and back again. We ran along a path that took us along the beach towards the Isabela beach resort. After our run we made some breakfast with the left over taco mixture…

September 22, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Languages, Spanish, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

Puerto Rico Days 21 and 22 Isabela and Aguadilla.

Departing Colombia We got at around 5am had a quick shower and then ate some breakfast that Diego had prepared. Breakfast consisted of a big bowl of fruit with some yogurt over the top. The whole family was up to see us off including Erica, Juan and Sarah. Charlie rocked up, as we were going…

September 8, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

Costa Rica Days 16 and 17 Playa Grande and San Jose

Post Surf Breakfast We got up early and made our way down to the small fruit shop down the road so that we could collect some fruit to get us through the next couple of days. We returned to the house ate some cereal and then headed to the beach for a surf. The water…

July 18, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Spanish, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

Costa Rica Days 13, 14 and 15 Tamarindo and Playa Grande

Flight to Costa Rica We got up relatively early had some breakfast and then made our way to the airport. This was when we discovered that the airport was no where near San Salvador. It was actually closer to La Libertad. It turns out that we had taken the long way around when getting from…

July 12, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Languages, Spanish, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

El Salvador Day 12 El Tunco

Waves before breakfast We got up reasonably early and headed down for surf. I took the first shift and caught a few waves close in from the point. Once again there were a lot of people in the water, so I hung in close and caught the crumbs. Having said that they were still a…

July 12, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Languages, Spanish, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

El Salvador Days 10 and 11 The Rainbow Slide, San Salvador and El Tunco

The Rainbow Slide We got up a bit late after last night’s gym session we made some breakfast and did some DuoLingo. Luke had gone over to El Tunco to get a coffee. We got organised and waited for him to return. Once Luke got back we packed up and made our way to the…

July 11, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Spanish, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

El Salvador Days 8 and 9 Olocuilta, El Tunco and La Libertad

We got up at around 4am and loaded the gear into the car. We figured out how to get through the gates without the key and left the key on the small table just outside the door of the accomodation. The trip to the airport was smooth until we got to the service station to…

July 10, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Spanish, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

Australian East Coast Road Trip

I grew up in Nowra New South Wales and live in Queensland, normally when we go home for Christmas and other events we do one almighty drive straight through with possibly a stop at Stu and Alesia’s place in Port Macquarie either going down or coming back. This time we decided to take a couple…

October 19, 2024 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Surfing, Travel Australia.

Philippines Adventure Day 10 Magpupungko Rock Pools

Early morning surf session Christine and I got up early and made our way down to the beach break near the Harana Surf Resort. It had been raining on and off all night long. When we arrived at the break there were still a few fun ones around just like yesterday evening. Christine was a…

April 14, 2024 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Surfing, Travel Philippines.

Philippines Adventure Day 9 Cold Springs and a full moon party.

We got up late and then decided we would hire another motorbike and make the trip up to the rock pools. This plan was last minute and didn’t work out. Ben, our motor bike bloke, was out surfing someplace and nobody knew where, the XRM had been hired by another Aussie and was out for…

April 5, 2024 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Surfing, Travel Philippines.

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