Blogs from Mal Pais, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 6

Long day on Monday getting from San Jose to Mal Pais. Missed the early morning transfer, so I had to wait until the 3:30, which I knew would be getting me in super late. The bus was completely brand new, it still had plastic on the seats, with AC and TVs(this never happens in costa rica). I was stoked to say the least, but luck was not on my side. We made it an hour out of the city before the bus broke down on the side of the highway. A couple of gypsies came and tried various procedures, then somehow it magically just started again. We barely made the ferry from P town to Paquera, then it was another 2 hours on the bus to Mal Pais. I met a bunch of people on the ... read more

Well after leaving Purto Viejo on the Cariibean coast on Tuesday we made our way by bus, taxi, bus, ferry, bus, taxi to the Pacific Coast and a place called Malpais. 12 hour journey coast to coast althought if the roads were better would be a hell of a lot quicker - most are even worse than our driveway at home after a cyclone has been through! Potholes the size of small craters - some enought to lose half a bus in! All adds to teh adventure I guess - but try telling our butts that after 12 hours! Since we have been here the weather has been the stunning the beaches more like what we were expecting - beautiful, long and white with consistent and better than average surf - good out back for Mike ... read more

Da har Rickard anlant och vi har begett oss ut pa en liten tur. Bestemde oss i sista liten vart vi skulle resa och de blev Montezuma. Jag hade ju redan vart i Montezuma med Fredrik, men hadei nget emot att aka dit igen. Jag hade garna akt till Karibiska kusten oxa, men eftersom vadret kan vara ostabilt dar valde vi de sakra fore de osakra... Torrperioden er i full gang pa Stilla Havskusten..all vegetation er torr och vagarna bara yr av damm...inte bra for mig som har linser. Vi stannade pa samma stalle som sist i Montezuma och en av dagarna akte vi pa en snorklingstur ut till Tortuga Island. Snorklingen var absoult inte nat att skryta over, speciellt inte efter de fina korallerna och fiskarna i de klara vattnet i Panama..men men, de var ... read more