Traveling Through Central America - Three Months In Four Minutes

It took a while, but here is an edited compilation of our three months in Central America. It's only some of the places we went to during our travels. Enjoy!

This is the start of our trip through Central America traveling through Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua starting with the Mexi Log Surf Contest.


Plan for more posts in the near future.

Photos From Central America

Edited photos from Central America (Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua). Keep posted for more future writing.



Panama - Bocas Del Toro

 Docked at Isla de Carenero Panama

Tropical vibes at Wizard's Beach Panama



Costa Rica - Santa Teresa

 Headed out sea

 Mope moping around

 

Come sail away, come sail away with me...

Nicaragua - Popoyo

Nicaragua - San Juan Del Sur

Nicaragua - Ometepe

 The legendary chicken buses

Nicaragua - Masaya

Costa Rica - Arenal

Santa Teresa Mornings

Lying on my bed in the dark, I'm listening to the whir of the ceiling fans overhead. Slowly motivating myself to get out of bed I do my best to quietly grab my surfboard and apply sunscreen. Sneaking out of the room, I narrowly miss stepping on the owner's Labrador in the hallway. He doesn't move much more than a sloth. The cool pavement comforts him from the relentless heat. I don't blame him. For me, sleeping with a sheet is even too hot. 

It's currently 5:30am and stepping outside onto the patio, I savor what will be the coolest air of the day. Also unlike the rest of the day, it's the quietest. By 8am, the only street in Santa Teresa is filled with ATVs and Enduros narrowly missing pedestrians as they weave around potholes.

Empty streets

Sliding the heavy iron gate open, I stroll down the street at dusk and step off onto the dirt path heading down to the beach. Behind me a howler monkey barks in the distance like someone gasping for air. Spotting a hermit crab on the ground, I realize the ground is full of them. It sounds like Fall leaves blowing in the wind as the hermit crabs scuttle through the leaf litter.

Local graffitti

As dusk fades away, the silhouetted palm trees on the beach begin to develop their green hues. The ocean smooth as glass reflects shades of pinks and light blues from the sunrise. Pelicans skim the ocean surface in search of fish. 

Perfect waist high waves

Jumping into the water cools me off briefly, but at eighty four degrees Fahrenheit, it isn't very refreshing. But I lie to myself and pretend that it is refreshing because it's the coldest I'm going to be for the next twenty four hours. 

Boquete and Onward

Surrounded by mountains, Boquete is a drastic change from the lowland tropical rain forests of Bocas Del Toro. Instead of intense heat and humidity, cool air from the surrounding clouds flows down into the valley. Pine tree forests cover the mountains while black and turquoise butterflies flutter in the wind like falling leaves. Areas that that used to be forested now contain coffee plantations that boast the most expensive coffee in the world. 

It could almost be mistaken for a small Californian town except for the Panamanian women who wear beautiful, brightly covered dresses trimmed with geometric designs.

This is where we've spent the last few days enjoying the scenery and planning our next location. Originally we were going to continue South. Instead we've decided to head into Costa Rica. 

After two long days of bus rides and lots of transfers (about sixteen hours), we finally made it to our temporary destination of Santa Teresa.

**Sorry there are no photos this time around. There were a bunch that I was going to upload. Due to some technical difficulties, I can't get the photos off my camera during this time.**