Curaçao
For most of my adult life, the main thing that I thought of when I heard Curaçao was the liqueur, and I’m sure I’m not alone in that! That was until a friend from university spent a few months volunteering there in summer 2023 and loved it! She was trying to convince me to visit back then but I was travelling in Colombia and then starting my job in Costa Rica so it wasn’t possible.…
Casa en el Agua
For our last destination along Colombia’s Caribbean coast, Hannah and I headed somewhere pretty special. Months before we got there, when we were still in Scotland and planning the trip, we were trying to figure out a rough itinerary. Seeing as it was a long trip, two and a half months over three countries, we wanted to leave room for flexibility. The itinerary for Honduras was pretty set but beyond that, we had started to…
Punta Gallinas
At this point in our trip Hannah and I were six weeks in with four to go. We had been exploring the northern coast of Colombia for ten days and after visiting Minca, Hannah wanted to do the Ciudad Perdida trek. Also known as the Lost City trek, it’s four days of hiking through the jungle to an ancient archaeological site. I knew from the beginning that I didn’t want to do it (four days…
A Week in Costa Rica
LEE LA VERSIÓN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ! As the end of my time in Costa Rica approaches (less than a week to go!), I want to have a snapshot in time of what a normal week has looked like here. I’ve already talked about the fact that this job has been very intense, without a lot of free time, but that’s not necessarily to say that I haven’t enjoyed it. I love the kids at the daycare…
Una Semana en Costa Rica
READ THE ENGLISH VERSION HERE! Mientras se acerca el fin de mi tiempo en Costa Rica (falta menos de una semana!), quiero guardar una imagen de cómo ha sido una semana normal aquí. Ya hablé del hecho de que este trabajo ha sido muy intenso, sin mucho tiempo libre, pero no es decir necesariamente que no lo he disfrutado. Me encanta los niños en la guardería con la que trabajamos y nuestras dos clases nocturnas…
Costa Rica Food Diary
I always say that I write this blog primarily for myself and that is very true. This is the kind of post that I like to look back on, one that chronicles a part of everyday life that it’s easy to forget about once you become accustomed to it. Looking at what I eat every day or a snapshot of a week is something I’ve done both when I lived in Honduras and in China…
Why I Quit My Dream Job
Sorry for the clickbait title but ‘why I didn’t renew my contract at my not-so-dream job that I actually didn’t like as much as I thought I would’ just didn’t quite have the same ring to it. That gives you the Spark Notes of what is to come but there’s a lot more to get into. Once again, I’m using my writing and this blog as a way to process one chapter of my life coming…
Minca
In an unusual turn for a Sara Somewhere blog, I’m not warning you to settle in for a long one. In fact it’s the opposite. As much as I liked Minca, I don’t expect this to be a long blog because I didn’t actually get up to much here. If you’ve read this blog about how and why I moved to Costa Rica, you’ll know that Minca is where I simultaneously prepared for my interview…
Tayrona National Park
Going into my Colombia trip, I asked everyone I knew who had been there for recommendations of where I should go, where I shouldn’t and what I should do. Every single person had at least one thing in common on their list – Tayrona National Park. Described by one person as the most beautiful national park they’d ever been to, it quickly shot to the top of my list and was one of the things…
Cartagena
We have finally reached Colombia on the blog! It’s almost a year since I set out on this trip and I’m still enjoying writing about it so much. It’s a great chance to look back on some of the incredible places I’ve been and things I’ve done. I feel like I’m experiencing them all over again! It’s not possible to travel from Panama to Colombia by land because of the fearsome Darien Gap so we…
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