Archive for January, 2009
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Steamy Costa Rica
Even though we’re only a three-hour drive from Panama, it feels quite different here. First thing I noticed is that the food is definitely better. For about 1,700 Colones (or $3.40), a local ‘soda’, which is what Costa Ricans call their diners, serves up a healthy meal of grilled fish, or pollo, rice and beans [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Update on the Fish
We finally found out what our ‘yellow fin tuna’ was. A couple of kids were fishing off the dock yesterday and caught a very similar fish to ours so I asked them what it was. They told me it’s a ‘Crevalle’. More specifically this is called a ‘Pacific Jack Crevalle’. The edibility of this fish [...]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Hasta luego, Panama
We’ve finally made it to Costa Rica, and are currently anchored in Golfito. We’re not entirely checked into the country yet. In fact, our quarantine flag (yellow flag) is still hoisted. Yesterday we arrived in time to pay a visit to the Port Captain and to Immigration and Customs, but Quarantine had gone home already. [...]
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Boca Chica: Western Panama
The visit with one of our Toronto friends, DJM was just great. I’m so glad he found the time to spend with us and check out our whacky life. I hope he had a good time. After our experience in the San Blas, we realized we were slightly under-tackled for this ocean and needed *much* [...]