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Springs and roundabouts

27/5/23 After saying goodbye to mum early, having breakfast in the apartment, and watching a couple of episodes of Firefly Lane, I packed my stuff and headed to the bus station. From there, I found the bus in the direction of La Fortuna. At some point, I had to get out in Quesada and waitContinue reading “Springs and roundabouts”

Una semana con mi madre

20/5/23 We had one day in San Jose before we were off. We said our goodbyes to dad, who had an early flight back home and then headed down to breakfast where some others from mum’s tour group were also eating. We ate and chatted, and then we went to make a plan for theContinue reading “Una semana con mi madre”

San Blas Adventures 🚤🚤

12/5/23 HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA! Today was day one of our tour, and we had a family breakfast before we re-waterproofed our backpacks and loaded them onto two wooden boats with big engines to get us up the coast to Panama via Guna Yala. We sang Happy Birthday to Laura at breakfast, and then we headedContinue reading “San Blas Adventures 🚤🚤”

Ciao Cali, ya te extraño

Somehow, I forgot to mention that the week before, my kizomba (and bachata) teacher rocked up to my lesson on Thursday, after a birthday party in the school the night before and announced after a few dances that he had been stabbed twice in the leg the night before. Apparently, two guys had tried toContinue reading “Ciao Cali, ya te extraño”

Yep, I’m still in Cali!!!

22/4/23 I needed a rest from the five hours of classes and dancing every night, so I decided to give myself a long weekend after our slightly drunk SofarSounds night on Friday. Saturday, I had brunch with Laura and then headed down to the river for a mooch and a decompress. I finally saw theContinue reading “Yep, I’m still in Cali!!!”

Aborrajado, bachata and Bohemian Rhapsody 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Another week of more of the same, but not in a mediocre way. Imagine trying to learn to be better at dancing and Spanish, and actually making progress (albeit slowly), sharing more time with friends, friends that you are getting to know better each day. Imagine eating good food and enjoying coffee and cake eachContinue reading “Aborrajado, bachata and Bohemian Rhapsody 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿”

The papaya and the thief

7/4/23 Friday was back to usual after we managed to drop the car back promptly at 8am, with classes of Spanish and dance but sadly followed by no street party because of Easter. There were processions through the street for Easter with loud drumming and chanting, similar to what happens in Seville. I headed toContinue reading “The papaya and the thief”

The one about the road trip

1/4/23 Day one of the mega road trip to the beach! Vamos! We got up early early (en la madrugada) and hit the empty roads with Cali salsa tunes blaring. The roads were a whole lot more sketchy than I was expecting, particularly the drivers on the roads! It was a little reminiscent of theContinue reading “The one about the road trip”

Cali Cali Cali

28/3/22 – 31/3/22 Another stint in Cali filled with classes all day and dancing all night. Treasa was back at La Vaina and when I did have spare time, I spent it chilling with some combination of Treasa, Fleur, Giorgia, Alex and Sebastian. This week was also the week that I decided to broaden myContinue reading “Cali Cali Cali”

Vamos al Pacifico 🌊💃🕺🌴

25/3/23 Having said goodbye to both Luna and Miss Aisling in the last week, I was off on a new adventure to the Pacific coast, with Treasa, a cool Irish woman and a load of other dancers. Another two girls, Fleur and Giorgia were meant to go along side Aisling, but sadly there were roadblocksContinue reading “Vamos al Pacifico 🌊💃🕺🌴”