Southern Costa Rica did not disappoint us. We experienced the party central of Jaco and enjoyed the opening days of the World Surfing Games. We immersed ourselves within the vibrant jungle on the remote Osa peninsula and went deep undercover in 'paradise at the end of the road', Costa Rica. Well, there was one disappointment. Where the hell was Kelly Slater?! Shay was brimming with excitement when she heard the news that the World Surfing Games were being held i...

Deserted beaches surrounded by dense green rain forest, squawking mawcaw parrots waking us up early in the morning, miles and miles of surfing shorelines, and exploring the Monteverde cloud forest from below and above. We are not ashamed to admit that we love Costa Rica! Within miles of the Nicaraguan/Costa Rican border we realised we were back in civilization. Burger Kings, McDonald's, ATM's and supermarkets were everywhere we looked, everyone spoke English and...

Scoring epic waves at the world famous Ollie's Point, the sort that only come about five times a year, propelled it straight to the top of our "best of" waves list. Ollie surfing Ollie's Point; it just made sense!　It was a stroke of luck, or should we say, big blow of luck, that we arrived in the Guanacaste region when a big swell hit. The Surfline wave forecast described it as 'Good to Epic' conditions, '6 to 10 feet with the occasional 12 foot'. Sur...