OH, SWEET BUTTERCUP
Buttercup is one of the most famous sloths of all time. And the oldest female three-toed sloth ever recorded. She is widely considered the queen of sloths and lives in the Costa Rica sloth sanctuary. Sweet Ms. Buttercup was catapulted to international recognition from the wildly popular Animal Planet series “Meet the Sloths”. Buttercup was only a few months old when
DORIS AND THE BLACK STUFF
For over 70 years, until her passing last year, Doris Olive Netting put back a glass of Guinness every day. Since the Second World War, Doris slugged back a pint of the black stuff, until the ripe age of 100 years of age! During my impoverished college years in England, a pint of guinness and a packet of crisps often stepped in for 'lunch'
THE TIME I PISSED OFF A MAYAN ABUELA.
The thing about hanging around in a country where the currency is weaker than your own, is that you feel flushed. A sensation heightened by the margaritas I'd had in the cenote bar. Sitting in a perfect little spot, outside the bar near the parking lot, sat an abuela and her nieta
DON’T GET OUT OF YOUR SEA HAMMOCK
I felt a bit bad, I'd nagged him off his hammock, whinged until he struggled out of it
SMALL GROUP TRAVEL – SOLO
"Yeah, sounds cool