So- I have officially been relinquished of alarm duty as I hit dismiss instead of snooze when it went off, so we got up when Barbs' alarm went off and really had to rush to make the 6am boat across to Almarante where we would start our bus journey to Boquete! We just made the boat but was an unnecessary rush... Whoops! We had to get a taxi for $1 each to the bus station and then catch a bus to a city called David, where we would then catch another bus (chicken bu...

After a somewhat late night, we had a bit of a sleep in this morning... Didn't really matter as it was actually raining... The hostel offered pancakes for breakfast - we had to make them of course but its pretty social and we took the "free" meal ;) We then wanted to head to what is known as Red Frog Beach on the island of Bastimentos, but as we got onto the rickety old boat and started to make our way across the lagoon, our driver turned around and took us back ...

So! Thank you mosquitoes of Costa Rica, this morning I woke up struggling to open my left eye as I had of course been bitten by mozzies there last night! God is having a good laugh I must say... Best of all, while we're waiting for our shuttle, Sume says "Guys, is anyone sleeping in bed C3K??" And Vicky then realizes that's my bed so we ask why, and Sume points out some graffiti in the hostel chill area that says "Bed C3K has bed bugs"... Amazing!! Hahaha.... Kee...

Surfs up today!! So excited! Had a bit of a rough sleeping experience - was attacked by mosquitoes left right and centre and got bitten 3 times on my forehead so I look a bit diseased haha... Anyways, we had to be at the beach by about 9 for our surf lesson so we got up, hired bikes for the day (basket and all!!) and went to get some breakfast before heading to the beach... Our instructor was this Rusta man called Adrian who was thrilled we actually stuck to our ...

Today started off bright and early once again as we had to catch the first 6am bus to Puerto Viejo (so as not to waste the day)... It was about a 4,5 hour bus ride but very pleasant as we could all sleep and chill out... We stopped for a bathroom break and grabbed some smoothies and before we knew it we had arrived in the cute little Caribbean coastal town of Puerto Viejo! We had booked ahead at a hostel called Rocking J's and were able to get a free shuttle to t...