This morning we said our farewells to bocas del toro, and took the water taxi back to the mainland, for today you see was a big day, today we crossed the border over to our final destination- Costa Rica!!! At Almirante, we were picked up by a private shuttle bus which would take us all the way across, along with 3 other Americans, 2 guys and a girl (yeah the setup was alittle weird). The drive was pretty funny though, we saw cows on jeeps (Nomes thought it was a...

Another day another beach! Following the exploits of the night before, nomes and Suraj decided to stay in whilst the rest of us boarded a water taxi to 'wizard beach', known for its tall surfable waves and powerful rip currents! Needless to say, when we got there we were the only ones on the beach! But due to the enormity of the waves, the water taxi could only drop us off halfway into the water! Sean decided to be the brave one and jump in first to test the de...

Having overslept today, we woke up hoping for sunshine, following the tropical storms yesterday. Thankfully, the sun was out, and so we all quickly packed our towels and swimming attire and raced for the beach. We decided to head to Red Frog Beach, a national park home to those poison dart red frogs you see in those national geographic documentaries. To get to the beach we had to walk through the rainforest an so we looked and yet didnt manage to spot any! On arr...

Having recovered from last nights antics, we were woken up today with seans maple syrup pancakes, ready to seize the day at the beach! Only the problem was that a giant raincloud seemed to be heading in our direction! Nonetheless, being the tourists that we are, we decided to head out in search of some food and then hit the beach. Possibly the biggest error we could have made to date. A foot out the door and the monsoon began. None of this crappy drizzle we get ...

The recommended hostel was Mondo Taitu, but in all honesty, when we got there it looked abit like what one would call...a skip? Literally it was like a pile of wood all nailed together into a form of a shack. So we decided to have a browse around town incase anything better popped up. Thankfully, we found a 6 bed dorm just down the road in hotel brisas. When checking in however, we were upgraded (once again!!!!) to the 6 person apartment with a balcony straight o...