Costa Rica

We are now in Golfito Costa Rica; the vegetation is mostly the same as in Panama. In the morning we hear Howler monkeys and birds singing, it’s truly beautiful. It feels a lot hotter than in Panama. I guess it’s because there is no breeze in this bay. By 9 in the morning you start to sweat on the boat. Unlike Panama Costa Rica caters to the cruisers. Right on the waterfront in the bay is a place called Tierra Y Mar Yacht Services (owned by former cruisers Tim & Katie) Tierra Y Mar is their old boats name. They have a nice dock for our dinghies, (hard to find in Panama) Whey welcome you as you arrive offering a cool breeze open area to sit and visit or watch TV, showers, beer, Internet, book exchange and laundry service. The place is a cruisers dream. On the top floor in the sitting room they offer paints and their walls so if you want to, you can leave your boats name along with the others that have passed this way. We saw three boats names that we met in Panama. I think that really cool.

The check-in process into the country is fairly complicated, we needed to take a taxi to four different places including the Capitania de Puerto oficina and provide copies of all our documents for the boat at each place. Sailor had no problems thank god. Everyone uses taxis they are all red so you can identify them easily. They are everywhere. The Republic of Costa Rica (pop. 4075,261) about 28% of its land is preserved in national parks, wildlife refuges, wetlands and biosphere reserves, so eco-tourism is one of its biggest industries.