The end of our central america chapter. In Ep 33 we cut through Costa Rica with blistering speed and hit Panama to explore Bocas del Toro and say our farewells to the wonderful part of the world.
Come see what we got up to and have a read of Lachie’s great writeup:
http://www.planetkapow.com/1862
Wow…362 days on the road!
Here it is, just what you have been waiting for.
The episode in which Lachlan & I learn to surf!!!!!
And we also meet some lovely folks – Bec, Max & Rob – and go check out a natural spring and other rad stuff on the island of Ometepe.
Lachie has a great right up which you must head on over and have a read of – and also watch the ep!
And a big congratulations to Bec & Max for their recent engagement!!!
¡Buenos dias amigos!
I’ve had some issues with my website for a few weeks now but it looks to be back to normal and just in time to let you folks know that the latest episode of Planet Kapow is now online.
In this ep we travel from beautiful Granada (Nicaragua) and check out Volcán Mombacho – no lava yet again but beautiful flora and fauna (including a baby deer), then we shoot to Managua (probably the least coolest city on the trip up to this point), then take a day and a half on buses & boats passing through El Rama and Bluefields to eventually arrive on Big Corn Island (a nice little slice of paradise).
As usual head on over to Planet Kapow, read Lachie’s article, and check out all that is episode 31 – “Granada to Corn Islands”:
http://www.planetkapow.com/1775
¿Donde esta la lava?!!!!
Yes, I was somewhat shattered to once again not get to see lava. But “thems the breaks” as they say. But I can’t complain, the view on top of Volcán Pacaya and the surrounding areas was incredible to say the least. It had just rained (actually whilst we were climbing), which meant the water turned to steam and made the whole scene very dramatic. To demonstrate how hot it was up there, our guide had brought a branch of a tree and held it above one of the volcano’s vents. Within in no time it caught on fire and I was chuffed.
But I am fibbing somewhat. A night or two before we were sitting on top of our hotel, having a beer and soaking up the nighttime atmosphere of Antigua, and something in the distance (in the direction of Volcán Fuego) caught my eye. IT WAS LAVA! Even though I think we were 10km or so away, this amazing lava stuff was shooting into the sky and then rolling/dribbling down the edge of the volcano and slowly fading into the darkness. If only we were half the distance away. But it was still incredible.
Whilst Erin was making her journey back to Mexico to collect a replacement/temporary passport (after getting robbed in Lake Atitlan), Danielle, Lachlan & I crossed over to El Salvador.
Lachlan has a great piece of what we go up to there. Head on over the Planet Kapow to have a read and check out the latest video that is Planet Kapow 27 : Antigua to San Salvador.
merry Xmas everyone!
This post comes to you from Cancun, as the Planet Kapow team waits with anticipation for their flight to …. Cuba!
Seeing as we probably won’t get any web access for the 2-3 weeks we r in Cuba, I would like to wish everyone a happy new year and thank all the folks who visited my site this year – thanks Grandma!
This ep Lachlan, Daniel (Lachlan’s younger bother) and I check out the day of the dead festival in Morelia & Parzcuaro, then head out to Volcan Paricutin that appeared on some poor fellows farm 50 years ago. Come check out the video, read Lachie’s hilarious write up, and see us get very sunburnt and slide our way up and down the volcano! And if you have the time please leave us a comment 🙂
Hola Amigos!
This is it, this is happening.
In this ep we take our mosquito-chomped bodies to the town of Tepic in Nayarit province, Mexico.
The cool air got us back on our feet and so decided to be adventurous and head south to Jala, to check out Volcan Ceboruco (I still struggle to spell and pronounce this place).
Then we treated ourselves to a 15 hour bus adventure north to Ciudad Obregon, killed a few days waiting for a bus, then almost made it to Yepachi (in an attempt to work on a farm).
Check out ep 7 (and Lachie’s intriguing piece [of writing]) over in Planet Kapow land – (warning, this episode is awesome) :
http://www.planetkapow.com/369
