Since my last post, as we were traveling along we went to a couple of amazing placed in Costa Rica. It is a country I have heard so much about and have been anxious to visit. The first day we landed in Papagayo and spent a great evening out in Playa de Coco, a little village on the water. We had a great dinner and picked up some groceries. Everyone was so nice! They kept telling us to stick around for the party. I guess every night of the week gets a little crazy. We were much too tired and had an early departure the next morning to Golfito where we would get our departure papers to leave. It was another great trip at sea and another 30 hours later we were at the other end of Costa Rica.
We continued on south in the Pacific the next morning bright and early. In about a day and a half we entered the Golfito bay. The rain forest spilled into the water with steep mountains and lush green vegetation. There was a buzz from the forest sounding like high pitched crickets or frogs, and bird calls of all types. We had to go to 4 different places to get our papers cleared; Immigration, Port Captain, Customs, and the Bank. We have had agents do all of this for us before so we did it the hard way. Why can’t they all be in one place? It took us hours but was a great experience of the town. In and out, next stop Panama. I’m loosing track of time, but have plenty of it. Really really tranquillo! Puera Vida! I would love to go back to Costa Rica.
Central America is a gem. Just as I thought it couldn't get any better than Costa Rica we anchored for the night in a little bay just before Punta Mala, the southern most tip of our trip and Panama. We sat on the hook, made a great beef roast, and watched The Big Lebowski. It doesn't get any better than that. There was a beautiful sunset and we got to see a tease of some surfing from afar. We got our rest for our last night out on the Pacific Ocean.
The next morning we were off and into the Gulf of Panama. Once we made the rounding of the point our destination wasn't far. We would be in Panama City the next night. There was nothing to do that afternoon so Paul was feeling lucky and put out a rod to try our luck again at some fishing. We finally and reeled in a nice Tuna and had some sushi for dinner! It as a nice reward for all of the time we were trying. Our speed of 10 knots wasn't really ideal for fishing, but we got lucky.
I'm so thankful for all of these experiences and I am excited for the rest of our trip. I feel like we are halfway there.
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