Sun Soaked Souls

Travel with less - Enjoy it more! @sunsoakedsouls on instagram

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Must Visit Place in Costa Rica! 💦💙 Find tips to visit below 👇🏼 . Catarata La Fortuna has truely excided all our expectation! Usually we're a bot sceptical about the super touristy places but we heard so many people praising that waterfall, that we decided to check it out ourselves and we were not disapointed! 💙 The 18$/ person were definitely worth it. . Pro Tip: Arrive as early as possible. The park opens at 7am and we were there by 7:30am. There was only one other couple there besides us and we could really enjoy the view and take some pictures. Go to the waterfall first and then head to the other side to the natural swimming pools, when more people start arriving around 8:30am. We left the park at 9:30 and there were alreadg about 20 people at the pools and about 30 at the waterfall. . What place have you visited that just blew your mind? 🤯 . . . . #visitcostarica #riofortuna #lafortunawaterfall #travelcouples #couplegoals #adveturetravelcouples #adventurecouples #travelust #thetravelduos #travelduos #earthcouples #couplesnomades #globecouples #waterfall #costarica #naturelovers #aroundtheworld #adventuretravel #junglevibes (at Catarata Río Fortuna) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaaRWDVrVWW/?utm_medium=tumblr

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It's happening! 😍🚍 . We can't quite believe that just a few days ago, we were laying at a beach in Cost Rica and now we're proud owners of our future yellow home on wheels. 🚌🥰🙈 We've had this dream for such a long time and we're super excited to see it come to life now, eventhough it's in a very different place than we imagined. . @swisspost Thanks for taking good care of our van the last few years. 😉🙌🏽 It's in great shape. . . . . #vanbuild #vanlife #excited #travelcouple #vanlifedistrict #vanlifefamily #adventurecouple #swisspost #postauto #travelust #roadtrip #wintertime #switzerland #homeonwheels #missingsummer (at Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaXoLf_LHns/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hey loves 🧡 as you might have seen, we changed the name of our account to "Terra & Souls". The reason why we did this is simply because our previous name "Sun Soaked Souls" seemed to be very hard to understand for orher people. Most times when we mentioned it we got a lot of "what" and "how" which was not ideal. . We put a lot of thought into our new name, as we wanted it to really represent us but it was important to us to stay close to the original name. Matching our major change in travel plans, we decided that Terra [lat. earth/ground] was a great way to include our new home on wheels into our name. Terra stands for all the places, roads, hills, beaches, simply for all land we will travel on. And Souls, that simply stands for us, our love for this planet, our passion for travelling, and all that defines us as people. . How do you like the new name and our logo? Let us know in the comments what you think about it. 👇🏼🧡 . . . . #slowtravel #vanlife #ontheroad #theroadtohappiness #terraaandsouls #branddesign (at Bern) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaRvlgBLcj1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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You feel like home 🧡 . Some of you might have watched our video and know that we are heading back to Switzerland soon to start our next big project. 🚍 We're so exicted to convert our van but have to say that going back doesn't feel like going home. For a long time now we knew, that we want to live close to the ocean and this time here in Panama & Costa Rica, where we were able to spend almost every day by the sea, showed us even more that Switzerland will not be our forever home. ☀️🌊🏝 . Tell us where you could imagine yourself to live? 🏠🏠 . . . . #seetheworldwithus #lonelyplanettraveller #sunkissedhair #wanderlusttribe #bucketlisttravel #creativetravelcouples #chasingsunsets #saltyhair #passportlife #oceanlovers #budgettravel #letsgoeverywhere #voyaged #exploretocreate #discoverearth #wanderlust #globecouples #earthcouples #dative #travlcouples #thetravelduos #couplegoals #panama #costarica #selinaplayavenao #centralamerica (at Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaKu8vHlm-I/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hello people & welcome to our adventure 👋🏼🧡 As there are already a few more people here, that probably don't know us from home, we thought it's time to properly introduce ourselves. 🙈 . Our names are Mischa & Patrizia. We've been together for almost 4 years and married since two. 💍 . Already on our first date, we shared the wish to travel the world at one point and we decided to quit everything, once Patrizia finished her studies. 🤓 . On December 17th, 2022, we left everything behind and jumped head first and a little clueless into this big new adventure and have been travelling through Central America for two months now. 🎒✈️🌎 . We enjoy getting to know new places, different cultures and meeting people from all over the world. Eating mainly plantbased and being conscious about how we impact the places we visit is really important to us. We love being outdoors and especially the beach/ocean is our happy place. 🏝☀️🌊👙🩳 . Our favorite rule we gave ourselves is to never miss a sunset, no matter how difficult a day was or how onmotivated we feel to get outside. It usually switch our mood within seconds. 🌅🔥🧡 . Ask us anything you want to know below in the comments 👇🏼 or send uf a DM ✉️ . . . . #thisisus #gettoknowusbetter #sharingiscaring #beachlifevibes #backpackingtheworld #coupleslovetravel #sunkissedhair #surfvibes #backpackinglife #lonelyplanettraveller #coupletravels #creativetravelcouples #chasingsunsets #coupleswhotravel #oceanbreeze #beachbabes #summervibes #borntotravel #passionpassport #soulmates #beachlovers #traveldous #travelust #adventurecouples #couplesnomades (at 𝘼𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaFqetElN-T/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Some change is coming soon 🙈🧡👇🏼 . . We're travelling now for almost two months and after Costa Rica, some things will chance quite drastically for us. We're super excited and motivated for this and we'll share more on our IGTV, which we'll upload (hopefully) tomorrow. So make sure you check it out. . What's a big change you made, that turned out better than you imagined? . . . . #sandytoesandsaltykisses #traveltheworldwithus #neverendingsummer #livelifenow #wanderlusttribe #getoutsideandexplore #worldtravelers #earthcouples #sunsoutbunsout #hangloose #ourlonelyplanet #passportlife #bestplacetogo #travelcouples #vitaminsea #sunsetlover #stayandwander #adventurevisuals #travelcouple #couplegoals #couplesnomades #overwhelminglovers #dative #travelust (at Taboga, Isla de las Flores) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaAS5_SFLOH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hey Friends 😉 By now you might have seen the first few of our pictures. Here are some of your favorites so far. . . 🌎😍 IG is making it super hard at the moment for small creators to be seen, so if you want to support us on our journey by sharing our pictures and reels with some friend, saving, commenting or liking them, we'd appreciate it deeply! Thanks to everyone who's following us already. 🥳🥰 We know, we're far away from being profession photographers but it's a lot of fun learning this all. . Which of our post did you like best so far? 🧡 . . . . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #saltybreeze #summerskin #bucketlistadventures #travelnature #neverendingsummer #traveltribe #sandytoes #shaka #meettheworld #beachbums #oceanlover #sunkissed #beachlife #traveltheworld #getoutside #lonelyplanet #travlcouples #earthcouples #journeyofcouples #overwhelminglovers #dative #couplesnomades #couplegoals (at Around The World) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ7JwarFqxi/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Same place, different morning, same Love. 💛 . . The last few days, we really enjoyed that we are staying in Jacó Beach for a bit longer than we usually would. It's not the prettiest or coolest town, but it's right at the beach and offers us a sense of routine. We've been traveling for almost two month now and we had to learn to slow down a bit. There's no need to see or do something every single day, but the pressure to post and show up in stories everyday is real and it feels boring to share "slow travel" things. . So here's to learning that slow is better for us and slow doesn't mean boring. 💛 . . How do you like to travel? Slow and deciding day by day or do you prefer a jam packed itinerary? 😊️ . . . . #sunsoaked #saltybreeze #summerskin #summertan #slowtravel #neverendingsummer #traveltribe #sandytoes #shaka #budgettravel #meettheworld #beachbums #peaceofmind #conscioustravel #sunkissed #beachlife #traveltheworld #getoutside #lonelyplanet #earthcouples #travlcouples #classytravelcouples (at Playa Jacó C.R.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZzaxBvFP21/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Do you like to stay in Hostels or do you prefer Hotels/Airbnbs? 🛌 💤 . . We love a nice clean Airbnb, the calm and cleanness it usually brings but one thing we love about hostels is that you meet people from all over the world and it's super easy to make new friends. We book most of our hostels over @hostelworld, and so far it's been great. . What's you favorite part of staying at a hostel? . . . . #seetheworldwithus #backpackwithus #lonelyplanettraveller #sunkissedhair #wanderlusttribe #bucketlisttravel #creativetravelcouples #saltyhair #passportlife #oceanlovers #budgettravel #letsgoeverywhere #voyaged #exploretocreate #discoverearth #wanderlust #creativetravelcouples #earthcouples #loveandwildhearts #travelcoupleedition #dirtybootstravel (at Playa Venao) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZuJQ4qlF0z/?utm_medium=tumblr

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⛰🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♂️ We made a huge, positive change in our lives. 👇🏼 Read below! . . We made a pact with each other, that on the day we'd start our travels, we would quit smoking. So... We smoked our last cigarette on our 8 hour layover in Madrid, and it has now been over a month without smoking. We're feeling great and we could already feel a huge difference on this hike which was 11km all uphill and during some workouts we did. 🫁👌🏼 . What's a positive change that you would like to implement this year? . p.s. See our older post about how to get to this incredible viewpoint. . . . . #beachlifevibes #backpackingtheworld #coupleslovetravel #healthfirst #healthylifestyle #smokefree #takingcareofme #sunkissedskin #backpackinglife #lonelyplanettraveller #coupletravels #creativetravelcouples #chasingsunsets #saltyhair #hikingtheglobe #coupleswhotravel #oceanbreeze #summervibes #borntotravel #passionpassport #soulmates #hikingcouples #hikingtheglobe (at Taboga, Isla de las Flores) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZpEsg2lbA2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Pro Tip for long travels 👇🏼 read below: . . In almost all of Panama and Costa Rica you will find places called Lavanderias 🧺 They are wash saloons where you pay per kg (lbs) of dirty laundry to get it washed, dried and folded on the same day. Prices vary by location but we never payed more than 10-15$ for all our joint laundry. Sometimes even hostels offer this service. It sounds quite luxurious to not having to wash it yourself but we haven't found many public wash saloons hence this was the best option for us. . . Have you ever had to use a wash saloon on you travels? Tell us where in the comments. . . . . #catchingwaves #memoriesovermoney #seetheworldwithus #backpackwithme #lonelyplanettraveller #sunkissedhair #wanderlusttribe #bucketlisttravel #creativetravelcouples #saltyhair #passportlife #oceanlovers #hikingadventures #letsgoeverywhere #voyaged #exploretocreate #discoverearth #wanderlust #earthcouples #travlcouples #travellingcouplegoals (at Pedasí, Los Santos, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZmY918FpBT/?utm_medium=tumblr

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How to eat vegan/vegetarian on a budget in Central America 🥦🥭🥑🍍🍅🍉🥥🥔 Read below for tips: . . As you might now, we eat mainly plantbased and it was really difficult to do in Panama on a budget. The local cuisine, which is super cheap (like 1-2$ for an empanada) is very meat and cheese heavy and most of the sodas and restaurant don't specifically cater to vegans/vegetarians. So we thought we share what our best tips are: . N°1: You can get fruit and veggies at almost every place. There are many so called Legumberias or Fruterias, where we usually both a full bag of fruit and veggies for the day for about 3-5$. . N°2: Book accommodations with a kitchen. For hostels it is very common to have a shared kitchen, and if you prefer booking over Airbnb it is worth it to pay a few extra bugs to get a place with kitchen. . N°3: Pick the right supermarkets. In Panama we prefered the Riba Smith supermarkets, and in Costa Rica the Auto Mercado ones. They are definitely a bit more expensive but they tend to have much more fresh produce and quite a few vegan/vegetarian options. . REMINDER: "Sin carne" (Spanish for "without meat") does not garantee you vegetarian food. "Pollo" (chicken) and "pescado" (fish) is often not counted as meat. . What is you food preference? 🍕 . . . . #saltyskin #budgettraveler #saltyhairdontcare #sunkissedskin #backpackingadventures #bucketlisttravel #adventurelovers #adventurecouple #oceanlovers #staysalty #veganadventure #backpacking #beachlovers #endlesssummer #exploretheworld #wanderlust #exploringtheglobe #seetheworld #coupletravel #plantpased #veganonabudget #veganpanama #visitpanama (at Playa Venao) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZhPAsGlr3r/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Another way to explore Bocas del Toro 🚣🏼‍♀️ . . Our Airbnb had kayaks included, so we thought to give it a go and it was a great decision. It was a lot if fun kayaking from Isla Carenero, where we were staying, to hospital point on Isla Solarte, where you can find two secluded beaches, that are only accessible by water or a 1h throught the jungle. There are many Kayak rental options in Bocas town if you want to do it too. 💙 . . Make sure to check the weather and ocean conditions before you head out. The weather changes quite fast and the water may seem like a big lake in the archipelago, but it still is the ocean and has strong currents that are not visible for inexperienced people. . . . . #beachlifevibes #backpackingtheworld #coupleslovetravel #sunkissedhair #surfvibes #backpackinglife #lonelyplanettraveller #coupletravels #creativetravelcouples #chasingsunsets #saltyhair #hikingtheglobe #coupleswhotravel #oceanbreeze #beachbabes #summervibes #borntotravel #passionpassport #soulmates #beachlovers #kayakholiday #visitpanama #adventurebocas #bocasdeltoro #adventurecouples #adventuregoals (at Solarte, Bocas Del Toro, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZcVGFPFS8z/?utm_medium=tumblr

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We have hardly ever seen water this clear! 💧💎 . . Once we arrived with our bikes at bocas del drago, we had to walk about 10 minutes along the coastline to get to starfish beach but it took us about 1h in total because we stopped at every corner and went for a swim or looked at the beautifully lines of palmtrees. 💙💚 . . . . #sunsoaked #saltybreeze #thrivingnotsurviving #summerskin #summertan #bucketlistadventures #travelnature #neverendingsummer #traveltribe #sandytoes #shaka #budgettravel #meettheworld #beachbums #oceanlover #sunkissed #beachlife #traveltheworld #getoutside #lonelyplanet #bocasdeltoro #visitpanama #palmtrees (hier: Playa Estrella, Bocas Del Toro, Panamá) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZR1Un6LMlc/?utm_medium=tumblr

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We're on a road to somewhere we don't know yet. We had some amazing moments so far, but some shitty ones too. We had to make some major changes in our plans for this year, but we're excited for where this road will lead us. 🧡 What's something you had to change but turned out better than you imagined? . . . . #beachlifevibes #backpackingtheworld #coupleslovetravel #sunkissedhair #surfvibes #backpackinglife #lonelyplanettraveller #coupletravels #creativetravelcouples #chasingsunsets #saltyhair #hikingtheglobe #coupleswhotravel #oceanbreeze #beachbabes #summervibes #borntotravel #passionpassport #soulmates #beachlovers #roadtonowhere #roadtrip #panamatravel #visitpanama (at Azuero Peninsula) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZNFqaYlWir/?utm_medium=tumblr

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How to get around on Isla Colón 🚲🏝 Read below 👇🏼 . . Pro Tip: Rent E-bikes, NOT normal bikes. 🏍 There are a few places you can rent bikes. The first time we rented regular city bikes and cycled to Bluff beach. While it wa doable, the quality of the bikes was quite bad and the quality of the roads made it even worse. Since they usually don't have gears, you also have very limited places you can take them since it gets quite step on some parts of the roads. . . The second time we rented E-bikes with fat tires from @bocasebikes, which was the best decision we could have made. The bikes were in great condition, the battery lasted forever and eventhough a lot of the roads turned out to be gravel and sand, we had no problems getting to bocas del drago which is the most northern point of the island. . . . . #memoriesovermoney #seetheworldwithus #backpackwithme #lonelyplanettraveller #sunkissedhair #wanderlusttribe #bucketlisttravel #creativetravelcouples #chasingsunsets #saltyhair #passportlife #oceanlovers #budgettravel #hikingadventures #letsgoeverywhere #voyaged #exploretocreate #discoverearth #wanderlust #bikeriding #beachbikes #islacolon (at Isla Colón, Bocas Del Toro) https://www.instagram.com/sunsoakedsouls/p/CZHmngylNRu/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The other day found some beautiful, hidden, natural pools in the middle of the jungle 💧🌿 See below for location. . . These natural pools were sooo magical. The water was cristal clear and the small fish were so curious and didn't mind us swimming and diving around them. 💙 Would you go for a swim here? . . Coordinates: 7.4665694, -80.3506582 ☞ From this location, you either need a car that can drive through the river or simply walk upstream in the river. It's about a 10 minutes walk through the water, after which you'll find the two small waterfalls with natural pools on the left side. Bring some kind of flipflops or other shoes you can keep on, as the river bed is quite uncomfortable to walk on. We went during dry season so the water was bearly reaching our shins but we don't know how it would be during or just after rainy season. There were only a few locals there and the place was very clean, so please keep it this way, if you end up going there. ✨ . . . . #sandytoesandsaltykisses #traveltheworldwithus #backpackingcouple #neverendingsummer #livelifenow #wanderlusttribe #getoutsideandexplore #worldtravelers #earthcouples #sunsoutbunsout #hangloose #ourlonelyplanet #passportlife #bestplacetogo #travelcouples #vitaminsea #sunsetlover #stayandwander #adventurevisuals #travelgirl #naturalpools #waterfallhunting #chasingwaterfalls (at Azuero Peninsula) https://www.instagram.com/sunsoakedsouls/p/CZC0WdvFiRu/?utm_medium=tumblr