https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:28:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/drake-bay-cr/ Sun, 26 Feb 2017 23:21:01 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=21690   February 26th, 2017 Mark and Christine’s truck camper on the left, Tigger hidden behind the trees off centre on the right – Camping El Tecal. We said “hasta luego” to Christine and Mark after breakfast and headed into the town of Uvita for gas and groceries before heading to the small fairly remote village […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/okay-the-pacific-side-has-better-weather/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 23:31:37 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=21667   February 6th, 2017 We decided to stop in San Isidro de El General on the way to the coast as we’d read that they allow overlanders to camp in the parking lot at the Best Western for less than $9 a night albiet without power but there is a pool. We arrived midday and […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/checking-out-la-costa-del-caribe-cr/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:17:41 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=21546   January 30th, 2017 We have just over a month left on our Costa Rican vehicle permit so as much as we loved the Pacific Coast; we wanted to check out the eastern coast. This coast is much shorter as it does not have peninsulas jutting out and the border with Panama is further north […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/had-to-go-back-to-san-jose-cr/ Sat, 21 Jan 2017 04:16:47 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=21522   January 20th, 2017 We arrived back at Camping El Tecal near Uvita and Playa Colonia around ten in the morning today but someone was parked in the spot we’d had last week: a couple from Quebec; so we parked a little deeper into the property where the Wi-fi reception sucked but not a biggie. There was also a Dutch […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/continuing-to-the-osa-peninsula-cr/ Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:09:41 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=21398   January 12th, 2017 We headed out from Manuel Antonio early Thursday morning as Doug had a 10AM call and we thought he could do it on the beach in Dominical. We stopped for groceries in Quepos as we headed back to the main road, filled up the gas at the first station and made […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/making-our-way-to-manuel-antonio-np/ Fri, 06 Jan 2017 22:03:10 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=21371   January 6th, 2017 Talk about the best laid plans. We had put Tigger in storage not only to keep it secure but to give us another two weeks on our permit. What a hassle this has proven to be. Doug landed from LA about an hour late and his experience getting Tigger out was horrendous. […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/christmas-in-ontario/ Sat, 24 Dec 2016 04:50:53 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=21290   December 23rd We got off to the airport just fine from our hotel in Alajuela and had plenty of time to get some steps in before the plane left. It did leave the gate almost 45 minutes late because a plane left the gate next to us, then stopped right behind us as it […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/around-san-jose-cr/ Sun, 11 Dec 2016 18:53:36 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=21250     December 11th We looked at route options and decided we’d rather dawdle when we head to either coast after Christmas so we’re staying here at Eco Ranch a couple more nights before heading into San Jose to get some sh*t done and then tour around the general area before our flight to Toronto […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/cr-beaches-beaches-and-more-beaches/ Mon, 21 Nov 2016 03:49:16 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=21015   November 20th We arrived at Playa Hermosa and found Congos Hostel & Camping. They have a large lot next to the hostel with actual campsites that include power and lights with picnic tables – something we’ve not seen in ages. There is water available, bathrooms with showers and it’s less than a block from […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/our-winch-works-but-we-lost-a-shovel/ Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:14:06 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=20975   November 18th, 2016 We have been to CR before; we took Serena back in 2008 for spring break. At that time, we flew into the city of Liberia and explored the northwestern part of CR and down the west coast as far as Playa Jaco. Serena had been taking honours Spanish for four years […]]]>