Having slept almost solidly for almost 12 hours Liv and I were shocked at how early we fell asleep! We set up for the day at Salsa Brava beach, and even though it was not glorious sunshine at least it was hot and not raining; It was the start of a perfect lazy day. The beach was beautiful and natural and super relaxing with calm clear waters by the shore and wild waves further out. Puerto Viejo attracts a wealth of interesting, free spirited people and so people ...

We attempted to follow a trail through the jungle out the back of our hostel, however it was so unbelievably hot and humid and ridiculously muddy that we did not last long whatsoever. We actually gave up embarrassingly early on but what we did see was lusciously green. We got a water taxi back into Bocas town (the super speedy one which almost broke down on the way this time) and then waited for our Caribe shuttle to the Panama/Costa Rica border to collect us. ...