Blogs from Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 17

We caught the bus from Cahuita down to the town of Puerto Viejo, where we found a sweet little place to stay - it even had a pool. We rented a couple of bikes a cruised around the town. We were taking a little detour through some country roads when Trish was chased by some territorial dogs - she wasn't convinced that they were just like our old pal Leeroy the Schnauzer. We biked to the Isla Finca botanical gardens, where we saw a lot of tiny red frogs, about the size of your fingernail.... read more

Although it´s only 50km or so from Bocas del Toro to the border with Costa Rica, the journey took about 2 hours. Not only did we have to take a water taxi back to the mainland but the roads are unbelievably bad in this part of the country. Still, we managed to negotiate a good price for a private taxi rather than schlepping all the way by bus, so while the ride was bumpy at least it was air-conditioned. We´d been told that the border itself was a fairly makeshift affair involving a decript old bridge across the river that marks the end of Panama and the beginning of Costa Rica. The guidebooks even suggest that those of a nervous disposition should pay one the local children to take their bags across to make the journey ... read more

Adios (caribbean for hello), I´m in a town called Puerto Viejo, more reminicent of Jamaica, then costa rica, and actually it surprises me how much I like it. The hostel is great, crazily decorated with tiles all over, various sculptures, and filled with about 50 tents, 50 hamocks, and a wild treehouse hovering above it all. Plus its right on the beach, and to top it off we were greeted with popsicles! :) The town is filled with Jamaican descendents, and thus rasta culture, ganja of course, carribean food blended with coconut juice, filled with surfers, and alternative folk. English is widely spoken. Yet it is also surrounded by beautiful waters, and again I experienced another exquisite sunset as the sillhoutes of futbol players danced around the beach. I´m here for a few days and have ... read more

Puerto Viejo er totalt olikt Cahuita...her myllrar de av turister, men vi har lyckats undga de varsta turistfellorna och cyklade igar ut till en strand som heter Punta Uva. Farden gick pa en liten gropig sandvag..(har ont i baken idag:) )vi var ej helt sakra pa vilken av stranderna var Punta Uva, men vi fann till slut en jatte fin strand dar vi var helt ensama. Idag har Fredrik hyrt surfbrada och provat sig pa den stora stranden med de stora pojkarna.. Vagorna (bolgerna) var enorma..jag var ganska orolig da han begav sig ut, men han kom helskinnad opp pa land. Idag har de varit jatte fint vader, igar var de molnigt. Men solen er super stark her nere. Var plan om att aka till Panama och Bocas del Toro har andrats... vi aker imorgon till ... read more

Checking in from the Carribean coast, chillin in the small town of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, just a little ways up from the border of Panama. I got into town a few days ago, and have been just lounging ever since. The town is pretty small, right on the ocean with a huge surf spot, Salsa Brava, right out front. I am staying at the coolest hostel I have ever imagined, Rockin J's, THE place to be down here. There are tons of other travelers staying here, with accomodations ranging from tents, to the hammock hotel, to shared cabins and even a treetop room that you climb 100 feet up to. There are travelers here from all over the world, and English is by far the least used language. Just sitting in the common area you ... read more