Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HostelRocking J'S Puerto Viejo
Most amazing place ever!
Last Thursday Chantelle and I went to Puerto Viejo for the weekend. We stayed at the coolest hostel ever, which is why I am returning there tomorrow on my way to Panama! It is a hostel and restaurant owned by two American brothers, Eric and J. You could either sleep in a hammock, tent, or cabin, so we decided to spring for the ten dollar a night …
Tent City in Puerto Viejo
Puerto Viejo is a small village on the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Its Only about an hour drive to the Panamanian border and is a great pit stop before crossing over!
We arrived in Viejo around 8 at night and headed straight for a highly recommended hostel called Rockin J's. The rumors were true this hostel was sooo cool. As …
Tenting it up in Rocking J's
I arranged to meet Stuart and Nic who I met in San Juan in Rocking J's hostel. Turns out they had no dorm rooms left but everyone sleeps in tents and hammocks. It's the biggest hostel i've been too with rows and rows of hammocks and tents. I met some other guys that offered to cook me dinner which ended up being a massive feast. Then I got straight …
Pura Vida
Pura Vida! Das pure Leben! Lieblingsspruch und Lebensstil der Ticos (so nennen sich die Costaricaner). Ich überquere zu Fuß die Grenze im Nordwesten Panamas, zwischen Bocas del Toro und Puerto Viejo, einem supergechilltes Surferörtchen, mein nächstes Ziel.
Dazu geht es mit dem Bus 1.5 Stunden durch schier endlose Bananenplantagen, von hier …
Hammocks: A Guide to Hammocking
"Hammocking" (verb); the act of sitting in a hammock for extended periods of time, usually whilst carrying out other activities including, and limited to, reading, sleeping. Often carried out in groups, in order than the laborious task of leaving a "hammock" to obtain food and drink can be shared. The group is also necessary in order that " …


