We finally cross the border, under the rain, between Panama and Costa Rica…
Pay 4$ of exit fee of Panama, cross the bridge. Here we go, we are in Costa Rica, but the weather so far hasn’t changed… Still raining.
Below is the map of our journey from Bocas del Toro to reach Puerto Viejo… Boat, taxi, bus, walking and bus again…
Once we crossed the border, We catch the bus to Puerto Viejo and arrived one hour later… While we are looking for an hostal, the weather changes a lot, not for the best… The rain keeps falling quite roughly…
Next destination: Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica
We spend in total 4 nights/ 5 days in Puerto Viejo.. Enough to see around between the storms….
We spend two nights in a very average backpacker quite expensive for what it has to offer (but I guess, we are in Costa Rica, one of the most expensive Central America country). Then a third night spent in an other backapcker and the last night spent at David’s place, a couchsurfer host from the US.
Above is the view from our second backpacker, located two meters away from the beach.. So good to be able to swim early morning before breakfast…
What to do there ?
We rent a bike to visit the south cost (toward Panama) and the various beaches it has to offer. There are some really nice beaches as you can see below in the pictures.
And finally our last night spent at David’s place… sleeping in hamac ! Not the best night but something we had to try. David, from California, decided to quit his « normal » life to settle down in Costa Rica to do what he likes most : composing music and singing on top of it.. And he is doing it quite well….
We did two other activites that we will talk about in the next post.
Blog you soon from Puerto Viejo,
Jacques&Caro
Tagged: Central America, Costa Rica, Manzanillo, Playa Chiquita, Puerto Viejo
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