The rest of our time in Costa Rica was spent with the intent of making our way South to Panama. After seeing Manuel Antonio National Park we walked to town and caught a bus down the coast to Dominical, a tiny surf town. The town was primarily made up of restaurants, accommodation and minimarts. When we arrived we met a friendly local from California who went by the name "Good Time Charlie' and told us the best place to stay. He followed his helpful advice by then...

We set out on Costa Rica's local bus system again for the National Park area of Manuel Antonio. Some minor collateral damage in the process: Jansen left his breakfast eating spoon and container on the bus. The horror! We actually spent an unreasonable amount of time roaming the streets of a nothing town trying to find the bus park until we stopped, took a look at our priories and bought a new box of cereal. Relentless rain aside, we saw much beauty in the ar...

Our first stop in Costa Rica was the hilly town of Monteverde, a place known for its many activities in and around the flora and fauna rich "cloud forest'. When we left the island in the morning, we were actually aiming for a beachside town in Nicaragua, mainly due to the fact that we had no idea how to get anywhere else. When we climbed off the ferry and arrived on mainland we bumped into a couple of other "gringos" who were going to attempt to get to Monteverd...