A Blurb Each from S & D

We just sailed around the corner from Bahia Santa Elena and got hit by some fairly high winds. So much so that Ollie's Point (surf spot in Costa Rica made famous by Oliver North while he was smuggling arms into Nicaruaga) was so blown out we could hardly get into the bay itself. I always wanted to surf there; it's a fairly easy right hander that goes forever, and to be so close but unable to stop was frustrating, to say the least. We ended up going all the way to the Playa Coco area and anchored behind the Huevos Islands with Mandy. They thought they had got rid of us but not so! We are now in Bahia Hermosa and I'm stealing a Wifi signal from one of the hotels. Pretty cool. Later today we will motor over to Playa Coco and do our official check-in for Costa Rica on Tuesday since they aren't open for business on Mondays? Whatever . . . hard keeping up with the hours that some of these guys work (or don't work ). - David

Just trying to coordinate with Lynnie about finding them at the end of the week. (Lynn Smith and her boyfriend, Brad, are on a Costa Rican holiday.) We cannot anchor very close to where they will be, but somehow we will get together. She definitely needs to be in the forest for a few days anyway before boarding Sidewinder. The Refugio Nacional de Fauna Silvestre Ostional looks like a wonderful park, and I hope I, too, will be able to explore there. It is one of two nesting areas for the olive ridley sea turtle, and the Playa Nosara is where they lay their eggs at night; hundreds and sometimes thousands arrive, usually on the dark nights before the new moon. Wouldn't it be fun to witness!

Time to take Worm over to a nearby deserted beach to do our exercises and a little swim before the winds kick in and the day gets away from us. We are moving later on to Playa Coco, and I am sure we will at least find an internet cafe there. -Suzi