A long day filled with bus rides

We have obviously not managed to get used to the new time zone(s), because I woke up around 6.45 today (Saturday 27.8.) and Markus right after. We had to find our way to some bus station in the morning in order to get to Brasilito and then close to Potrero where our first real stop is. We had booked an Airbnb room for the night in San José and stayed at a guy’s (Alvaro) place in Alajuela.

Our room at Alvaro's Airbnb room and the view

He thought our bus to Brasilito would leave from Alajuela centrum from the Central Bus Station. We took an Uber to the bus station and discovered that a bus to Brasilito would only leave from San José. That is what you want to hear in the morning before breakfast - that you have to move to another area to find your bus.

One night & day in Miami Beach

We arrived to Miami around 9 pm after a long flight from Helsinki. Our flight was a bit late because a big thunderstorm north of Miami. When we landed to Miami we saw a bit of the thunderstorm and it was really beautiful.

We decided that we are taking a taxi instead of a bus to Miami Beach to our hotel Wynwood South Beach Hotel because we were quite tired from the flight and it was late. We went for a short walk and to buy some water. We took also a walk on the beach boulevard at the same time and it looked to be somewhat busy in the bars and clubs. The short walk made us thirsty and we took a beer and a wine at our hotel and went to sleep ;) The Wynwood hotel was quite nice. Clean and nice rooms, but it’s Miami Beach, meaning the noise from the streets around 4-6 am is loud so if you want to sleep, remember your earplugs :P

Random and mixed thoughts in thin air (first flight to Miami)

Hello again! :) 

We are flying at the moment over Island, the legendary football country ;) well, at least their team had a great spirit and they had the best fans in the European Championship games in 2016 and they are probably remembered better than the champions from the games. To be more serious and cut the crap, Island is one of the countries on our list where to visit. They have geysers, natural mineral hot springs and a rough but beautiful nature not to forget the many active volcanoes. Beside this, they have also very good beer in Island that I was a bit surprised about, and you can’t blame me…Island is not that famous of its beer ;) These were just fun facts to know.

We have had it quite hectic since our wedding 30.7. with returning and cleaning everything after the wedding, and the missing tenant gave us also some extra grey hairs but luckily we got a nice family until middle of January last Saturday. Hopefully we find a new tenant from January until end of May because if not it eats our travel money and we would have to sleep under banana leafs with all the bugs, or that is what Edda is saying. I don’t mind that much where we sleep… About sleeping, Edda is sleeping now and I get to express my thoughts without anyone disturbing my artistic flow ;D  

I have problems to sleep on planes but let’s see if I get some sleep later or then I just watch some movie, and fall asleep.

Our journey around the world starts in 3 weeks!

We got married last Saturday!!! Wuuhuuu! :) The day was absolutely perfect and we would've loved it to continue for days.

Well, this blog is not about our wedding, but about our next journey together. We are starting our trip around the world in three weeks. This blog will tell you about our preparations, thoughts and experiences. We write this blog to share our experiences with our family and friends but also hope this will help others that are planning a similar trip or wondering about a specific country.

The countries we are going to visit are Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Peru, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam. We have pitstops in Miami Sydney and Hong Kong. We have bought a One World "around the world" package through Kilroy Travels. They were very helpful in finding good flights and in suggesting different activities in different countries. In the end, we ended up booking only the Inca Trail in Peru and decided to check other activities once we are in the locations.


Our trip around the world

We have also booked the first nights in Miami and Costa Rica. The first place in CR is just for relaxation. :) Few words about planning: