November 2009

Travel
Getting to Ecuador

On November 4th, Scream left Golfito, Costa Rica for Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador. We planned this trip excessively. The passage profile is uninviting, even at the ideal time of year, November through March. The trades here blow consistently out of the SW, shifting closer to S as the coast of South America is approached. This […]

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Travel
Bahia Rincon

Bahia Rincon is the quiet, sheltered bay at the head of Golfo Dulce. The jungle encloses the bay on all sides. We saw all kinds of birds, that we can't identify. It rained steadily the two days before we arrived and the first two days of our stay, so the water was murky so we […]

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Fun
Volcan Arenal

Like Monteverde, there are about a bazillion tours available in La Fortuna, mostly visits to Volcan Arenal. We opted to simply take the one suggested by our hostel. It was $40 USD per person, and included transportation to the volcano, a small hike, a dusk volcano viewing, a trip to a local hot springs, dinner […]

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Travel
Volcano Arenal and Back Again

We took a six day, five night trip inland from Golfito. The exciting and good parts of this trip are in the next post. This post is the tale of our misadventures. We started and ended the trip with the 7 hour ride on the Tracopa Bus to San Jose ($10 per person each way). […]

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Travel
Golfito

Golfito is a strange beast - as its name suggests, it's a little gulf in the bigger Golfo Dulce, a very sheltered anchorage on the east side of the bay. There is room for many many boats at anchor, and the facilities for cruising boats are as good as we have seen them anywhere. There […]

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