STE’s Holiday Editor, Tony Taylor, reports on his experiences on a Saga tour of Central America, commencing with Panama, the first country on the itinerary. Central America was unknown to me and my wife, other than a visit to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Hence the Saga Holidays tour Contrasts of Central America appealed to us, […]
Written by Lisa Montgomery (A Highly Commended entry in the Off the Beaten Track Writing Competition.) After an incredibly bumpy three-hour drive from Guatemala City, basic needs such as food and sleep slowly came to suppress the initial excitement of being in a new place. Just before sunset, as if it knew we were about […]
Miami was on our route back from Lima to the UK, but why transit for a couple of hours when you can stay for a few days. Although I had visited Florida eight years before (see Florida – Touring holiday), I was quite happy to revisit some of my favourite places there. Also, for senior travellers, March is a great […]
Written by Ellen Evers (A Runner-up entry in the Off the Beaten Track Writing Competition.) Bit of an oxymoron – ‘New York’ and ‘Off the Beaten Track’ wouldn’t you think? Nowhere in The Big Apple could you expect such a thing, but you’d be surprised. As senior travellers we decided that we’d do a trip […]
Written by Deryn Van Der Tang (A Runner-up entry in the Off the Beaten Track Writing Competition.) We had seen the popular tourist destination of Yellowstone National Park, so we decided to explore a nearby lesser known area of Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin. We drove through the sage brush covered countryside and crossed the Greybull […]
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Contrasts of Central America Saga Tour: Part 2 – Costa Rica
STE’s Holiday Editor, Tony Taylor, reports on his experiences on a Saga Holidays tour of Central America. After travelling around Panama, the tour moved on to Costa Rica. After a short flight from Panama, we landed at San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, and were taken to the Barcelona Palacia Hotel for an overnight […]