I am falling in love with the city of Medellin! This is probably one of the best weeks I have had in my entire backpacking journey, in terms of soaking in fascinating stories and having unique experience. Medellin has undergone a dramatic face-lift in the past two decades, going from the world’s most dangerous city…
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A 15-hour bus ride took me from San Jose in Costa Rica to Panama City in Panama, where the Miraflores Locks (one of the three sets of locks at the Panama Canal) is located at. The Panama Canal is an artificial 48-mile waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. There are locks to raise ships up 85…
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A 6-hour bus ride took me from the coast city San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua to the capital city San Jose in Costa Rica. Pretty good timing, as the annual year-end celebrations in San Jose began right when I arrived: The San Jose Carnival, the “Tope” Horse Parade, and the “Zapote” Festival. Poas Volcano…
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