Officially Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, but everyone just calls it Puerto Viejo. It was only 1/2hr on the bus to get down here this morning so I have been here for 5hr now. That means I have found a hotel and walked EVERY street in town and a couple out of town. It is another small town with no apparent reason for being here. It was a surf town but now it is more of a party town. Today has been overcast all day and the weather is not great but no one is in the wate...

Car-whe-ta What a boat trip to get here? Four hours on the boat, all through canals and rivers. We didn't have to go out into the Caribean at all. (That is why it is hard to get to Parismina) It was one of the best boat trips I have ever had. We saw soo much. I saw way more than I saw on the canoe tour I took a couple of days ago and it was cheaper. The driver had no problem stopping and turning around so we all could see. There was heaps of birds, crocs,dolphin...

The last couple of days I have read some blogs about the bus trip I am planning. No one has made all the connections and made it to Tortuguero. They all have to spend a night in Cariari. Add that cost to the bus and it is nearly the same as shuttle. I did the hard yards early, and I'm getting lazy, so I took the easy option and took the shuttle. I am soo glad I did. It was a brand new, top of the line Hyundai and there were only 5 of us in it. It was very civilis...

Today was pretty easy. The shuttle picked me up and here I am. Nobody on the shuttle could believe I didn't have a hotel to go to. They all had a place booked but I prefer to have a look first cos some of the dodgiest places I have had came from the net. I like to get to park central and work from there cos I know where I am and I am close to everything. I got chatting to a lady who was telling me how good her hotel in Tortugero was. It sounded great so I asked h...

Well I'm back on track. This morning I left early 5.30, to get the 6.30 bus. Of course there wasn't a taxi when I wanted one. I legged it to the bus station. I had been most of the way yesterday and thought I knew where to go. I got to the station at about 5 to 6 and asked if this is the station for Santa Elena and they said no. Great there are bus stations all over the place? An old bloke was trying to give me directions but I didn't understand. A young boy ther...