Powell Family Adventures

• Tips for adventures with children 10 years ago We had done a lot of traveling before we had children. With adventurous hearts and spirits we took on the challenge of relocating from New Zealand to somewhere in South or Latin America with our two children aged 11 and 7. After a lot of planning and assessment we have been living in Costa Rica for...
• Independence Day Costa Rica 10 years ago Today is día de independencia in Costa Rica. It has been a very busy weekend of celebrations for us.Celebrations started on Friday. At school the children had a lantern parade at 5.30. There were class performances and we all walked with our lanterns around the school.On Sunday Theo performed in...
• sickness sucks! 10 years ago Be warned - this blog is more of a whinge and off load than anything I'm sure you are interested in!Sickness is terrible, not only because I feel bad but also because I feel hopeless. I have a diarrhoea and vomiting virus, it's not that serious and I feel much better today. However, being sick in...
• General Powell Update 10 years ago We haven't blogged for a while. So here is a general update of our whereabouts, successes and challenges (or lack of).We are all very content here in Costa Rica now. We have been here 8 months and all the political effort of getting residency, drivers licence, cedula ( Identification cards) are all...
• Monteverde fun 10 years ago Last weekend we went to Monteverde. This is about 3 hours from San Jose and is in mountains. We left San Jose quite late - after the Columbia - Brazil game. The drive to Punteranas was totally fine - we are getting good at the track now! It was dark by the time we hit the dirt track into Santa...

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