Hotel Berna Tica
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San Jose, KNOW FIRST AID
... way (I would have done that), then looked at her right leg. They cut her pant leg off and observed. The two paras spoke to one another. I heard traciones. The other one stated agreeement. This is what I knew needed to be done but was definetly not going to do on my own!
The one para moved her leg around, seemingly pulling down on it at the same time. The victim screamed in pain. They quickly and (I would say) somewhat haphazardly splinted ...
Frolicking In the Rain
... and Beth was in the aisle seat. We both slept in the beginning of the flight but I woke up at some point and couldn't get back to sleep. There was a drunk, slightly obnoxious guy diagonally across in front of us who was drinking and talking almost the entire flight. There was a baby somewhere behind the guys behind us who would start screaming/crying every so often. The guy behind me said something about the baby and that's how we started ...
Mythical creatures
... it walk and it wasn’t going anywhere. So another of the guides took the reins from me and led the horse for our 20 minute walk. It went well having someone else steering. But aren’t horses just weird?
KK: Our lovely guide Juan Carlos assured me LK had “tamed a wild stallion” – truth be told if it wasn’t for him the day would have been a bit disappointing. Still no scarlet macaws or toucans but he did provide the vocabulary I ...
Week 10
... offers an amazing view of Machu Picchu so there was no way we were going to miss this.
Anyways Cusco is quite a nice city. It used to be the capital of the Inca Empire mainly because it’s ...
Another border crossing
... a shelter, a couple of bays where a vehicle could park and people waiting. Ended up assuming this was the bus station though there was nothing else to indicate that this was the case. Bus ended up arriving 30min later than it should have and due to all the starting and stopping took an hour more than expected to get to Ciudad Quesada.
On the way were stopped by police and everyones papers on the bus were checked. ...