The trip from Tamarindo to Tilaran took longer than we thought. We were actually headed for La Fortuna which is again a small town that is very Americanised located at the bottom of this beautiful volcano but it was another 2 hours away from Tilaran and we had missed the last bus. Tilaran is a small cowboy town and on the weekend the town was hosting a Rodeo which we thought we might stick around for so we found a cheap hotel and were ready to settle in for a few...

We arrived late Friday night after a mission. We took a bus to the ferry then a bus to a main intersection where from there we caught another bus to a town close to Tamarindo where we were going to stay but accommodation was expensive so we ended up getting a taxi to Tamarindo for $30 between 4. Found a great hostel, The Black Sheep which was $12 a night each with the 4 of us in our own room. Big change from Mal Pais, the Americans have come through and made it v...

We crossed the boarded today to Costa Rica so many people had told us this border crossing was one of the worst but for us it was one of the easiest ones. We just had to catch a bus on the Panama side to border and then walk across no mans land to Costa Rica where we caught another taxi to Puerto Viajo. We found this great hostel Crocodile Surf Camp which we had a little bungalow on the beach. Straight away I loved this town, its small with loads of restaurants o...