Drake Bay Wilderness Resort

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... d gone a few feet further I'd have been in the drink!

Hotel was cheap because it had no windows maybe, just screened in orifices that admitted no bugs but plenty of noise.

Enjoyed a great foccacia bread at the biggest hotel in town, right on the river - the Italians that formerly had El Vago now work there. Not too pricey either.

Had breakfast at the Mexican - great to have chorizo again. Had a good chat about Mexico and its beer - we're in ...

... to get to the free beach access and aa slightly shorter one returning from the main park entrance which was closer to the action - worth investing 2-3 bucks each way on a taxi.

The Whales Tail, a rocky promontory shaped as described, was supposedly good for snorkelling but trying to get to the outside edge was risky on the large expanse of jagged rock, yet alone trying to enter in all that surge - you would need fins with booties and to be brave or stupid ...

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 ...

... y desde alli un AquaTaxi que nos lleve directamente hasta las cabinas donde nos alojaremos en Drake.

Nos alojaremos en las Cabinas Manolo, un buen sitio para reservar todas las excursiones.

Muy Importante: Reservar el buceo al dia ...

... We returned to the island after a few days away and I started to think about leaving. If getting there was hard, leaving was harder. Vladimir didn't seem to want me to leave and there were various excuses that appeared to hinder my exit, including problems with the weather, the outboard motor, etc. Eventually I was able to leave with some fishermen neighbours of his who were heading back to ...

So after leaving Puerto Jimenez I took a 12pm bus to La Palma. My travel book says in theory there's a bus, I completely understand why they wrote that. I get to La Palma around 1 to find out the ``bus`` to Drake´s doesn´t come until 5pm. So I pulled up a chair in a soda (a local restaurant) and had a coke. I waited, and waited, and waited until 5:10 when the bus showed up. This wasn´t an ordinary bus, it was more like a mini van with more seats. Since its the rainy ...

... but have always had a ride, but the girls weren´t into spending money on a quad, seeing how they are in fact fairly expensive, even though in the end it is totally worth it!!...so we decided that we would just catch a bus first to a middle town and then from there another bus to montezuma. so the next day we woke up, but a little later than desired, so decided that we should probably try and hitch hike cus the bus had already left, so set out ...

... Again, we returned home just before the rain. All in all, a great last weekend in Drake. Tomorrow is my host sister's birthday, so I am staying around the house to see whatever needs to be done. They are having a 'small' birthday party in the afternoon...small involves 40 kids, a pinata, and who knows what else. I am staying here until Saturday, and will leave first thing Saturday to make the long trek to San Jose. I will have about 2 days before I have to meet up with my ...

... two packs with items bound for home. The Portable DVD heads the list, with shoes, clothes, terry cloth towels etc. also included. In place of towels we are going with sarongs which can serve multiple purposes, are better in the sand and much, much lighter and less bulky. Kayla and I are both ditching our extra sandals and some of the toys and possibly some of the books will also be going home. Why we never actually tried out the kid's packs with the kids before we left was an ...