Cabinas Los Almendros Golfito

... Santa Catalina, the place is a tiny town with absolutly nothing, although it is rumoured to have the best surf in Panama, unfortunatly when I was there it was lucky to get above the size of a ripple and since the town had little else to offer and I had some Panamanian visa problems to deal with, I decided to head back across the border to the town of Pavones.<br>The Lonely planet says it is a logistical nightmare to get to Pavones but its really not very far at all (by ...

... some peccaries and just wanted to observe them for a bit, whilst staying out of their way. <br><br>Peccaries are like bush pigs, they are squat little animals that grunt and have tusks and can be quite protective over their young. They can stampeed if they feel threatened, especially if you are standing between them and their young. They also have musk glands on their backs that, when rubbed, release the most pungent odour when threatened (something akin to a skunk). This smell ...

... Over lunch we discussed our options and I was slowly brought round to Monica's viewpoint. I had been wanting to do another jungle trek since I last did one in Bolivia 4½ years ago, but actually see some rainforest animals this time! And surely the point of having a guide, besides just leading you on the trek, is for them to spot the wildlife for you. So why not just pay the relatively small amount of money ...

... stretch we saw more Scarlett Macaws, spider monkeys, and coati than I ever could have thought possible. Instead of detailing every certain encounter I'll just say that we saw we saw Scarlett Macaws affectionately licking and preening each other high above us in the tree canopy, howler, capuchin, squirrel and spider monkeys acting like...well...crazy monkeys...some of which we saw extremely close up and on one occasion we were even **** on by howler monkeys...yep right on the ...

... ground. Dig he says! Ok..After about an hour I finished a 2ft deep ditch and felt good about it and we took a break to drink some fresh coconuts off the tree and watch the Toucans in the tree. Back to work and he points at the ditch and holds up 5 fingers. 5 more ditches. By this time the sun was high in the sky and the wet ground from the morning rain had turned into ...

... we leave on 05 February. So this is what is going on for the next few months: *Currently I am in captain's school getting my 100 Ton Master's license. When I'm done (I take my exam on 20 November), you WILL have to call me Captain KimO. *I return to the boat from 28 November to 08 December to ...

... vidla da se val tko lepo lom iz ene strani cez celo plazo. Ampak notr je blo pa tut 140 surferjev. In to vecinoma surferjev k stvar obvladajo! Valovi so bli tm do 8 feet, not sploh ni blo tezko prpedlat, ker je pointbreak, mal mors pazt na kamne, v glavnem val popolen za nas, ampak kaj ko je bil vedno ze nekdo na njem! Ce nc druzga je blo pa dobr bit v vodi in od blizu gledat surfarje in surfarke k stvar res obvladajo.

Dear Friends and family, It has been a long time since I last updated anything, but things here in Costa Rica have been crazy or I have been out of email contact, or both. In fact, it has been so long since I last wrote that I have no idea when that was, or where I was, but I suspect that it was at Palo Verde, our first site. Before I really get into things, the most important news that I have is that I got a grant I applied for, and now I have ...

... out late one afternoon and the dolphins were absolutly everywhere. It was like heaven! They were jumping and spinning and riding the bow waves. The boys saw a whale breaching, but were too far away to identify it. Even saw a whale shark basking! We headed up the Rio Esquinas to do some fishing. The boys were telling stories about when they were kids living on the shore of the Esquinas. Within 10 to 20 ...

Stace and I agreed it was time to get out of Uvita even though we were enjoying ourselves. It's a small town and there's only so much to see. So after standing by the big tree (Bus Stop) for an hour, we were on our way South again. Destination Golfito, a small port city on the southern pacific coast of Costa Rica. Something I have to mention about Costa Rica is the roads are ...