Crocodile Bay Lodge Puerto Jimenez

... and located right in the heart of town.

It was time to hit the surf! It turned out our lack of experience took a toll on our confidence as we didn't realize the break was right over the top of rocks. Right away we both found it difficult to get into the surf because we were stumbling over rocks. Secondly, we found the waves to be a little larger then they looked like from the shore. These two factors combined made it difficult for us to catch the waves. This ...

After dropping Bev off at the airport we headed straight out of town. Of course this took us a good hour due to traffic and the inability to get proper directions! The map I we had purchased at a hotel the day when we came into the country was supposedly up-to-date, but so far I had counted around 10 mistakes. The San Jose portion was no different. By the time we got out of the city it was around 3 PM so we only had a few hours of daylight left and we still had to go ...

... was definately where we wanted to be.

Golfito is a sleepy town, nestled in a bay and extends in a very long line along the coast. It is also known for its tax free shopping area, a factor that draws huge crowds of Central Americans on the weekends snapping up electronics etc. We ended up staying not far from the tax free area in a cool cabina that offered us a comfy bed, en suite bathroom and, best of all, cable tv with a 24 hour movie channel! We must have watched 8 ...

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Had to change plans as there was no space at Sirena Ranger Station. Margarita was able to organise alternative route into Corcovado
Got Marvi bus to Sierpe. Stayed in good cabinas and had excellent meal in their restaurant

... because I have never seen a pineapple still growing ha. There are thses Howler Monkeys that you can randomlly hear, OOOO OOOOoooo OOOoooo, that are really kidna creepy sounding. almost liek teh sound is a scary movie. crazy moths and butterfly just randomly fly by. Then on top of it all theres the sounds of so many different birds and insects. But just chilling in a hammock for hours each day and watchign passiont fruit fall off the ...

... while tonight...it is such a familiar sound because of Big Lake and all the guys that like to play in the group. There is also a little boy here...5 years old...looks a little like Aksel...so, again, with the little boy energy that the universe is sending me to help me deal with NOT being around my nephews. It is such a gift. Everything about this trip is a gift. It is a amazing that once you are ready to receive gifts, they come in abundance.

... le ginocchia. Im compenso il tragitto per raggiungere Cabo Matapalo sulle panchinette del colectivo (fuoristrada cabinato e cassone coperchiato con panche di legno e tendone) ci ha galvanizzate, considerando che si percorre uno sterrato costeggiato da praterie e pascoli, con le sue buone buche, dislivelli, tratti in obliquo e guadi di torrenti in pìena. E Cabo Matapalo merita che lo si visiti anche col brutto tempo per le spiagge ...

... trip, I also saw a stingray jumping in and out of the water, pretty close to my kayak.  Puerto Jimenez is my favorite place in Costa Rica.  There is a great mix of tourists, expats, and locals, and the town is somewhat small (4 by 7 blocks) so it's pretty intimate.  The locals are very friendly and much more open than locals in other towns I've been to.  The wildlife is everywhere, you only need to look into the trees to see some of the animals listed above ...

... we did another hike that heading up the hills and crossed the Rio Claro. There was a really cute pair of spider monkeys eating from a palm tree, one had a little baby monkey on her back. In general we saw lots of baby monkeys wherever we went, it must be the season. At the Rio Claro, there was an amazing spot with clear blue water running quickly over the rocks. We were hot and sweaty (and stinky) from our hike and Ido really wanted to go in, but we weren´t ...

... lifetime, a full 14 hour adventure packed day where we started out at before 6 am and shortly were headed to Alajuela to meet our tour bus for the first of 5 stops for the day, the Coffee Plantation. I got my picture out front with a guy with some oxen and an oxcart and when I pet it the thing pooped a lot and everyone laughed. But it was a good photo and the guy let me wear his hat in it. The oxcart here is a real symbol of how they work in a very old ...