After having spent 2 weeks at the farm I was staying at, I decided to make a move and head to Puerto Viejo, a small town on the carribean side of Costa Rica. It involved going to San Jose, the capital, and then moving east - a total of 8 hours travelling.
We stayed at a place called Rocking J´s, which we dubbed Crazy J´s, on the second night, for entertainment a guy got shot by two semi-automatic air rifles butt naked for a minute. I slept in a hammock for 3 nights, for only $5 a night. The food was great, big meals, reasonable prices (3 quid a meal). The days were spent chilling out on the nearby beach, attempting to boogie board and laxin in the hostel.
Puerto Viejo has a majority black population and is chilled out to some next level. The shops seem to close at random hours during the day while the owners go take a nap or something round the back. And the whole population of the town just seems to lounge about outside the many bars and restaurants in the area - sometimes I wonder how they make their money. One of the way they definitely make their money is by selling drugs to travellers, when walking 400m to the town, you would get approached by 7 year old kids to 90 year olds, wanting to peddle you one form of illicit substance or another.
The best thing by far, however, were the people at the hostel. One of my favourite bits about travelling has to be meeting of new people - all around the world. I met two dudes from Miami, Patrick and G, but they only chilled here for a couple of nights before going. It´s also amazing how plans just seem to emerge and fit together. I met two dudes who drove down to central america from New York, and were going back to San Jose (and had a spare space), and I also met some Croatian people who owned a place in San Jose - put that altogether and youve got accomodation and travel sorted to the capital!
But, all that everyone was talking about during my stay in Puerto Viejo was a island in Panama called Bocas del Toro. Apparantly the place is meant to be amazing. I decided to allow going to San Jose (and then Nicaragua), and head to Panama instead - stay in Panama for a few days, then head on my intended journey to Nicaragua. On that note, I´m currently writing this post from the second country of my trip - Panama. We shall see what it has to offer.
We stayed at a place called Rocking J´s, which we dubbed Crazy J´s, on the second night, for entertainment a guy got shot by two semi-automatic air rifles butt naked for a minute. I slept in a hammock for 3 nights, for only $5 a night. The food was great, big meals, reasonable prices (3 quid a meal). The days were spent chilling out on the nearby beach, attempting to boogie board and laxin in the hostel.
Puerto Viejo has a majority black population and is chilled out to some next level. The shops seem to close at random hours during the day while the owners go take a nap or something round the back. And the whole population of the town just seems to lounge about outside the many bars and restaurants in the area - sometimes I wonder how they make their money. One of the way they definitely make their money is by selling drugs to travellers, when walking 400m to the town, you would get approached by 7 year old kids to 90 year olds, wanting to peddle you one form of illicit substance or another.
The best thing by far, however, were the people at the hostel. One of my favourite bits about travelling has to be meeting of new people - all around the world. I met two dudes from Miami, Patrick and G, but they only chilled here for a couple of nights before going. It´s also amazing how plans just seem to emerge and fit together. I met two dudes who drove down to central america from New York, and were going back to San Jose (and had a spare space), and I also met some Croatian people who owned a place in San Jose - put that altogether and youve got accomodation and travel sorted to the capital!
But, all that everyone was talking about during my stay in Puerto Viejo was a island in Panama called Bocas del Toro. Apparantly the place is meant to be amazing. I decided to allow going to San Jose (and then Nicaragua), and head to Panama instead - stay in Panama for a few days, then head on my intended journey to Nicaragua. On that note, I´m currently writing this post from the second country of my trip - Panama. We shall see what it has to offer.
Is that a tourist destination Puerto Viejo? So how was the place? You didn't mention any of that. So it seems that whole down are business people. Panama? Good. Have fun. Take care.
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