Bungalows Malu Cahuita

... two level three rapids and finally a level four. I find that whenever you do something for the first time that is out of your comfort zone it gives you a feeling in the pit of your stomach.  It can only be described as the thought, 'what did I just get myself into.’ The rapids up until then were exciting and I was wondering what exactly he meant by "paddle ************’t stop"… is this going to be bad? But off we went with no turning back ...

... to be a taxi boat with some tourists there too. I asked if he would sell me some water, which he didn't have, but he gave me a few cupfuls of water from a bottle he had instead.
oooh was I thankful. That got me through my trek to the north entrance of the park, and I swear I thought I was gonna die! Big lessen learned - NEVER leave home for any trail hike without your water!

The rest of the way through the trail, I put my camera away - I had been carrying it in my hand until ...

... didn't want to wait for a smaller one to be cleaned. Nice view of the beach and the national park rainforest that was just nearby. Unfortunately the town was a little seedy and the people (both tourists and locals) were a bit cold/rude. Again it was a little rundown with lots of empty lots and buildings that looked like squatters lived in them. (Later found out there were people living there). But there were also a lot of nice bars and restaurants, and hammock clad ...

... returned to Casa Fiesta, a horse had ventured down from the hillside and was in the yard. I wanted to feed him but the dogs were not happy with his presence and chased him away. I could tell this horse was used to the dogs, he acted as if they didn't exist but moved out of their "territory" anyway. I decided to photograph my coke-a-cola light bottle on the beach with my flip flops, those who know me will appreciate the photo. There were ...

... landslips they have had around here. There are a lot of lost bananas near the road and river. Sixaola is awash with mud and a pure 1 horse border crossing town. We negotiate the crossing over a ramshackle river bridge with a defunct railway line, I assume its a land only crossing till a lorry squezzes through and over. We have to buy a bus ticket out of Panama to get in as I´ve only got a ticket out of Coata Rica but we make it into ...

... and walked into town. As the day seemed to be nice, I rented a bicycle and rode the dirt rode past my hotel and on the coast. It's sunny but hot and very humid. The breeze from riding the bicycle felt very nice. The storms have just wrecked the beaches. There is driftwood and assorted leaves all over them and they are talking about the cleanup everywhere I go. The roads are a wreck as well, with huge potholes from the 3 weeks of ...

Backfilling a little on our adventures in Costa Rica..... we spent a couple of days up in the cloud forest which was a chilly but amazing experience. Unfortunately we deleted our photos from guatemala to chauita except for the blog ones we had uploaded already. lucky for us, we shared the best photos with everone here so we only really lost some amusing jim pictures, some art photos of granada, and our animal spotting adventures. we went on a night hike in the ...

... avec les côtés plat. C´est parfait pour fait des bols. Pour ces bols, j´ai du payer un grand prix. Plus je marche, plus le Jicara pèse...c´était un cauchemar. De plus, il faisait un chaleur impossible de respirer, surtout comme j´ai refusé de sortir de mon jacket Gortex pour peur d´être picqué par les moustiques. De l´autre extrême, nous avons Jonathan, qui n´a appliqué la anti-moustique que sur ses bras et jambes. Le pauvre ne savais pas ...

... number 17 and 18 which meant the last two people on the next boat. I think some flaky guy who was there before us missed out as he was strumming on his guitar rather than focusing on the boat. Hey, you snooze you lose!!! We boarded the 16 seat boat (all 18 of us plus the driver) and headed off. It basically a long boat with 4 rows of 4 seats and two outboard motors so with all of us and all our ...

... Unfortunately the resort doesnt really match the hotel. Beach is pretty rocky with dead coral, which is really sharp, and the only sandy stretch is marred by an old tanker wreck. Food was good though and tried Sword Fish, which i have never had before, and i loved it, bit like pork, but a bit more salty. Amy had the seafloor scrapings of Calamara which she loved. We decided ...