This really has been one lazy week. After leaving bouquet we took a bus to a hostel in the middle of the jungle; it was called The Lost and Found Lodge or something like that. The hostel was run by 8 volunteers from all over the world (mainly Canadians and Europeans) who just needed a place to stop off and work for free for a bit. They do receive significant discounts on tours and stuff, and a free cool place to stay. It did seem like a very chill and like a fun place for them to stay.
One of my favorite parts of the hostel was the huge beds in the dorm rooms. Generally in hostels there are rows of bunks and I always choose the top for some reason but these beds were extra cool, queen size bunks with not 2 beds but 3! So yes I had to climb about 16 feet just to get some sleep! It was cool. The hostel also had a foosball table and each night they held foosball tournaments and there were about 5 different rounds until there was a winning team. Each losing team had to buy a beer for the winners and yes I was in debt after a while. Probably because beer is not my forte and I didn’t have much of a modivation. Although my foosballing put me in debt, we did happen to play poker!! I took 2nd/6 the first night which was fun and I should have won but Aaron kept going all in every hand and it was annoying me so I just settled for 2nd and quit because it was 6am oops! The 3rd night we played again and I was catching no cards what so ever but won enough tiny pots to get me in 2nd again but the British guy was actually flying to Vegas in a few and told me to just keep his winning and being a stingy backpacker I was not going to turn down that offer. Plus the dude is traveling on the GBP, I wish I was. And once he said im going to win the $15 in a hand I was like alright what evvvsssss. So I won about $21 off my expenses. The hostal was great had a kitchen we could use and we could also buy food and stuff.
Activities: The 2nd day we did the hostel’s treasure hunt which sounds much more exciting than the crappy explanation I just typed. Me and Aaron went on this jungle trek with a Swedish girl and Canadian guy who was pretty cool. So the entire trek took about 5hrs and consisted of a steep incline for the first hour walking through the middle of a jungle solving clues. Then we walked flat for a bit having to hop over huge tree roots and to jump fallen trees and all kinds of crazy stuff. Finally after the 2nd hour we began to descend down the steep mountain. Eventually we hit a river and we had to cross several times to locate the clues on the other side of the bank. Then we had to cross back climb a steep hill and then re cross the river and later we arrived in a cave. I can’t even remember how many times the 3 of us had fallen down the trail. Aaron however managed to stay on his feet for the entire treck. The cave that we had to go to was kind of creepy and up until a few months ago a lady had lived there. She even observed a jaguar eating a sloth. Anyways hours later we arrived back at the hostel and the last clue was in the kitchen and we had to find the one eyed monkey and if we did they would give us a bottle of rum. We did find it but I figured the other 3 would enjoy it more than me so I left them to it.
We also went to the hot springs which was alright, Aaron I think would say it was a disappointment but I don’t know it was interesting. There were 3 pits which consisted of mud and really hot water which was fun for 20 minutes then I felt as if I was cooking. We then walked down to the river which was much nicer than the hot springs although it was quite cold! The tour was only $10 and we could stop off at the grocery story which was nice, and we stopped off at the internet café so I could deal with my school since the Royal Mail had lost my 1st test.
Another favorite activity back at the hostel was no not walking up the steep trail to get back there which sucked with the huge ass pack, Was playing with rocky the crazy Kinkajou. He was Similar to a monkey/cat thing <>
After deciding to leave the Lost and found hostel we made the long journey down the mountain with our stuff. Busses were supposed to come each hour and after seeing the first go by we had decided to wait a few minutes before heading down the trail. After the 20 minute hike of trying not to fall on my face we arrived on the road and waited. We stood there and saw the bus pass and tried to flag it down but it didn’t seem to want to wait for us. We hung out for about 30 minutes and decided we were sick of waiting in the hot sun. We soon began to stick out our thumps in hopes for a ride and sure enough within a few minutes we were off to Alimante where we would take a boat to Isla colon and the city of Bocas. I expected it to be a very chill night but that quickly changed as we decided to hit up the aqua lounge.
Bocas was a great little town with lots of things going on and definitely had the crazy-party Caribbean vibe. I preferred the chill side of Bocas such as beaches and that kind of stuff. We stayed on Isla Colon for 3 days and did almost nothing. We did go to Bocas del Drago which was a beach with hundreds of starfish. We also saw a few rays that came into almost the shore line to eat the little bait. The water was really murky and kind of dirty so we didn’t spend too much time there. I almost forgot to mention that I found an Indian food place which was damn good. It was a bit pricy but I think I deserved a little present.
After leaving Isla colon we headed to Isla Bastimentos. Although there is not much of a town here the beaches are spectacular compared to Colons. The closest beach is approximately a 45 minute trek through the jungle but had a huge strip of sand and consisted of a fairly rough current. I stayed for the day and Aaron left in the middle. I decided to make a big Castle that soon got eaten away by the tides. I wasn’t very keen on hiking through the jungle by myself to get back but it really was not all that bad. Today( Monday March 19th) I decided to hike over to Red Frog beach and I had to hike the same path as I did yesterday in addition to about another 40 minute extension. I did see several Red and Yellow frogs that were approximately ( ) <>
Im loving the place we are staying! It right over the water and we have a little pier and several hammocks, a communal kitchen, a kayak we can rent which me an Sebastian a German guy decided to try out. We also attempted to fish off our pier using a drop line and pasta as our bait and we were quite successful. I caught 4 within a few minutes and asked if we could eat them, at first I was told yes but about 10 minutes later was told I couldn’t weird and I was hungry but soon I settled for tuna and some pasta.
Tomorrow I think we are making the long trek into Costa Rica which will be interesting. Aaron is really not looking forward to this because of the cost and I don’t really care. But I am excited to re-visit Arenal the volcano.
Recent Movies I have
The informant BOOOOOOOOOOOORING
I love you man Alright
Changling Great
Zeigest Please Watch
Zeigest Addendum definitely a must see please watch
2012 apocalypse < style="mso-spacerun: yes"> movie. Now I want to see the actual movie.
Toast and tea/coffee sometimes included in nightly price in hostels.
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