Golfo Azul Golfito

... cost way too much to bring to Canada with me, as luck would have it I had been hanging out with some surfers from Seattle and Chris had enough room in his board bag for my board, so after I bummed a ride to the border with them (saving me 3 buses) I parted ways with my board and bought an end to my Central American surf trip.<br>I will be heading to Panama city to check out the canal and then its off to Canada in about a week to finally stop sweating every time I move.<br>

... time for low tide. The water only came half way up our calves and I am pleased to note that there were no crocs lurking anywhere near. We decided to rest for a while on the other side of the river with the Belgians, eating biscuits and chatting and just getting enough energy together to do the last half hour of the hike to the ranger station. Now that the river crossing was done we could relax on time. <br><br>We had hardly put our bags down at the ranger station when we were out ...

The nearest major town to Corcovado is Puerto Jiménez so we were going to aim to get down there today. This involved either an eight-hour bus journey from San Jose, or a three-hour to San Isidro followed by a five-hour on to Puerto Jiménez. As we had all day to get there, we chose the latter option. From San Isidro to Puerto Jiménez everything ...

... into the gulf is a must. The water is warm, the dolphins frolick next to the panga and the views are breathtaking. You can dive off the boat and take a swim at just about any spot. Most of the Tico taxi boat captains grew up on the beaches of the gulf and know all the good places to swim. The toucans are everywhere. I love it! You don't have to go far to see wildlife in the Golfito area. We headed out past the Deposito ...

... night. The only negative were the bugs. The damn bugs! Maya had and still has over 100 mosquito bites. She was even religious with the bug spray. For some reason I have only 19 although my blodd is probably not nearly as sweet. The ticks were fun to pick off too. Yeah. Along with sand flies my most hated insect. I found one on the MOST sensitive part of my body. Right on the OTHER head. Don't ask me how, they seemed to come out of nowhere but it dropped me to my knees in pain ...

... in all the brochures with the naked lady standing under the waterfall with the green water and jungle behind. There were no naked girls though just 8 dudes and one guys wife. Oh well. Still awesome. The rest of the week we worked like crazy, mixing and pouring cement all by hand . No power tools, no mixers and no water hoses. Just buckets shovels and a shot load of ...

... to-be Captain) KimO Destination NM days en route arrival days there Isla de Coco 300 3 8-Feb-08 3 Galapagos 691 7 18-Feb-08 5 Marquesas 3000 23 17-Mar-08 10 Society Islands750 6 2-Apr-08 10 S Cook Islands 515 4 16-Apr-08 7 Niue 590 5 28-Apr-08 4 Tonga 270 2 4-May-08 14 Fiji 400 4 22-May-08 10 Vanuatu ...

... t been able to see the top of the valcano very often. we stayed in a really nice hostel too, with a pool and really compy beds, and ended up pretty much having our room to ourselves, with kirsten, joel, (her brother) and jenna. we didn´t really do too much while we were there. we did go to the hot springs one night. it was really nice. it rained while we were there but it made it all the nicer! on our last day there we packed up all our things ...

... I last wrote to give a full report, but I will summarize up each site for you: Cabo Blanco - Cabo is at the tip of the Nicoya peninsula in the north east of costa-rica. It is an absolute reserve which means that technically people aren't allowed in. I guess scientists don't count as people, but we were told (very patronizingly) exactly how to minimize our impact on the environment. That said, it was a very pretty place. There is a great ...

... vidis ptice, plazilce in ostale zivali pa ful je lepa pokrajina. no ... in se peljeva in zvizgava ob radiu nakar vidiva tablo na kateri pise puente en ... nevemkaj (ni blo construction)in tko vidiva most v zraku in cesto MIMO mostu v reko ... JA DOBR, smo si rekli, przgal 4x4 in sli cez reko :) - cist HUDO je blo! tko to ni bil potocek ampak npr. siroka ene 10m ...