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Pangas moored in the tidewaters behind the small village of Pixvae                   We had been communicating with Omar, an employee in the Port Captain’s office at Puerto Armuelles, on What’s App so extensively that we felt he was a good friend before we even met. Our check in process turned out to be an interesting immersive cultural experience in itself. To begin, we were scheduled to arrive during Holy Week. We learned that Holy Week in mostly Catholic Costa Rica and Pan

Once we rounded Punta Mala, we almost instantly moved from backcountry to urban metropolis.  As we sailed into the Gulf of Panama, the AIS was dotted with cargo ships moving to and from the Panama Canal, and debris littered the water, from big logs to small plastic water bottles. After a few days in the Las Perlas islands, we moved to the marina at the mouth of the Panama Canal, La Playita, to prepare for our passage through the canal.  We hired a canal agent who helped us wi

View from Valle Escondido Ecolodge in Monteverde, Costa Rica We’ve heard two tones when people report on visits to Costa Rica. Those who...

We recently calculated that we have spent 388 nights at anchor, so we thought it would be interesting to reflect on what makes a good...