Northern Peru, known for its endless deserts, ghost towns, epic waves, and shady characters; the legend of this place has been growing immensely over the years. People say northern Peru is still wild and remote and one of the few places left where you can find empty perfect waves. It is also growing in popularity …
Northern Peru – The Wild Coast of Surfing & Kitesurfing Read More »
After leaving beautiful Pavones, we crossed the border from Costa Rica to Panama and headed straight for the colorful islands of Bocas del Toro off the northern caribbean coast of Panama. We had heard good things about the islands, there was surf, and the kicker was that we had friends, Meghan and Conor, that had …
After we left Nosara and did some maintenance on Titus, we cruised down to another famous beach town in southern Costa Rica; Pavones. We loved the beaches and natural setting of Pavones so much, that I wanted to give it its own short post, to encourage anyone who is visiting Costa Rica to make the …
Pavones Costa Rica – A little town with a long wave Read More »
After our wonderful week with Jenine’s parents, we set off to drive up the Nicoya Peninsula. The Nicoya peninsula of Costa rica is home to amazing 4×4 roads, stunning beaches, great surfing and is the yoga center of Costa Rica. We stopped at four beautiful beaches along the way: Playa Hermosa, Playa Coyote, Punta Islita, …
Driving Up the Nicoya Peninsula to Nosara, Costa Rica Read More »
Wow what a special place! Witches Rock (Roca Bruja or Pena Bruja) is located in Santa Rosa National Park in Northern Costa Rica. The actual beach is called Playa Naranjo and Witches Rock is the mesmerizing massive rock monument sitting in the ocean right in front of the best surfing on the beach. Most people …
Costa Rica – Witches Rock Surfing – La Roca Bruja Read More »
Tourism in El Salvador is built around surfing. El Salvador was one of the countries we were a little unsure about originally to due to safety concerns, but everyone who had been told us not to worry. The violence here is well reported on in the media, but as we expected it is kept completely …
We spent two weeks exploring and surfing the Oaxacan Coast from Puerto Escondido to Salina Cruz. This area is really famous amongst surfers around the world, but was surprisingly not too crowded. [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0C-6cfz14sg/VTv7fqcshFI/AAAAAAAAxKQ/7jXF87x5WYI/s144-c-o/IMG_3821.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/115263927216347870948/SurfingTheMexicoOaxacaCoastBlog22#6141779038238966866″ caption=”My favorite wave, Chipehua” type=”image” alt=”IMG_3821.JPG” ]
Our last week in Baja lived up to our expectations, plus some. When I think back on Baja, I think dusty roads, miles of open beach camping, kiting, surfing, fishing and amazing sea life. Baja is where we really learned about being on the road, learned how to get Titus stuck and unstuck, started using …
Fully rested and cleaned up after our adventures in the Seven Sisters, we began meeting a lot of new people on the road, and exploring pueblos (towns) that have a lot of character. Punto Abreojos We left Guerrero Negro and headed for Bahia Asuncion, and after being underwhelmed at the town, decided to move on …
Overlanders Take Over Central Baja (or so it seems) Read More »
George and I officially crossed the border into Mexico on November 13th! The border crossing was super easy. We did ask to confirm which building we should go to in order to get our six month tourist visa (it’s the big building that says Aduana on the right, but the appropriate office inside was a …