We just returned to The Netherlands after an 8 month stay in Costa Rica. We traveled four full days with two young children to get home. From Puerto Viejo de Talamanca in Costa Rica to its capital San José, and flew via Houston (sleep over)...
On March 13, 2020 Costa Rica closed its international borders for tourists arriving to the country. Beaches closed, schools closed and people were asked to only go out for necessary shopping, to the supermarket or to the pharmacy. Like many people around the world, we...
In March 2020 Costa Rica closed its borders to foreign visitors due to Corona virus and we decided to stay. Watching the world struggle with strict quarantine measures, we 'only' face closed beaches, restaurants, bars and vehicle restrictions during the night. And although it unfortunately...
After two months of traveling in December and January, school started again for our kids in Costa Rica. In this video you will see a short summary of the last weeks of travel before flying back 'home'. The kids proved to be real travellers and...
In our continuing search for sunshine, friendship and adventure we travelled through Mexico. From Pie de la Cuesta, Acapulco to Isla Holbox. Learning about culture, making new friends and thankful for Stevens mom coming to visit:)...
On april 28th 2019 we started the long journey back to Holland where we will spend a few summer months with family and friends. The entire journey would take about 26 hours door to door: one international flight from San José to Cancun, then a...
The situation So we setup camp in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica. A small town in the middle of the jungle, close to the beach and a great climate. When the sun doesn't shine (only 30% of the time), it rains a lot. This means...
This is the poem that inspired the name for our website. It spoke straight to our hearts and we hope it speaks to yours as well. By Walt Whitman Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before...
As you probably have seen in out previous posts, we travelled from Mexico to Costa Rica to shoot a documentary together with our friends and filmmakers Marnix Smalbil and Martijn Josephs. you can now watch it online for free and with subtitles! Below you see...
Together with a good friend we had an amazing week in the port of Thessaloniki (the ship needed some work). But we also enjoyed a few days sailing the greek waters....