Friday, April 27, 2012

List of Places!

So Grant sent me a list of places we may or may not stop at, so this is a tentative itinerary i would say. But in no chronological order. I believe we are starting in costa rica, going to panama, and then heading back north.


Costa Rica:
Malpais - on the Nicoya Peninsula, which is on the Pacific side
Santa Teresa - near San Jose
Manuel Antonio - Pacific side
Tamarindo - Playa Grande - Witch's Rock - Point Break Surf School - also where the learning spanish school is at
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca already been here stanfords
Pavones - South Pacific side
Golfito - Peninsula on Pacific side - perfect surfing (a guy I worked with raved about it)
Manzanillo - Caribbean side - near Bocas del Toro - there are like 87 Manzanillos in Central America apparently ive already been here
Montezuma - Nicoya - waterfalls you can jump off of - yes please
Jaco - Pacific side
Hermosa - West side of Costa, tad bit more inland
Playa Hermosa, Jaco - Anabel Miranda Yoga - a buddy of ours from Vail knows Anabel, so I think itd be cool to check this out
Punta Leona, Playa Blanco
Corcovado National Park/Drake Bay - where Bryce is now, doubt we'll head back there

Panama:
Bocas del Toro - you already know about this place
Boquete - North Central - Volcan Baru hike - highest point in Panama (12,381) - start at like 3am - on a clear day you can see Pacific and Caribbean
David
Santa Catalina - Pacific
Panama City - kind of want to see the canal - Maito restaurant owned by a friend of a friend
Road to Almirante

Nicaragua:
Granada - on Lake Nicaragua
Laguna de Apoyo - West of Granda
Ometepe Island, Rivas - Lake Nicaragua

Honduras:
Utila - Corn Islands - cheapest place to get certified for scuba diving, plus we may have a hook up
La Ceiba - there's a festival called La Feriade San Isidro, it's held in mid-May, and apparently it's absurd - yes please
Guatemala
Lago de Atitlan - San Pedro La Laguna - also where the learning spanish school is at
Tikan Mayan ruins - El Peten region - if you start your hike at 430am you can see the sun rise from the top of Temple IV - yes please

Belize:
Lots of Mayan ruins
Our friend Madi lives there

Going back!

So, im headed south again to central america. Starting in costa rica, going to panama, nicaragua, and hopefully guatemala, honduras, belize, and maybe el salvador. this is going to be my means of communication. im going to post a few articles so i can access them abroad.

http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-04/bus-travel-central-america.html
http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/11-01/the-art-of-traveling-in-developing-countries.html
www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-09/central-america-on-25-a-day-enjoy-an-exotic-destination-on-a-tight-budget.html
http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/11-04/panama-5-reasons-to-go-coast-to-coast.html
http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/12-01/seeing-the-caribbean-without-the-cost.html
max's blog http://maxincentralamerica.wordpress.com/
http://gocentralamerica.about.com/od/sampleitineraries/p/LaRutaMaya.htm
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2016134
http://gocentralamerica.about.com/od/panajachellakeatitlan/a/SanPedroLaguna.htm

costa rica:
http://www.montezumabeach.com/waterfalls.html
http://www.nicoyapeninsula.com/montezuma/montezuma2.php

guatemala:
http://www.earthlodgeguatemala.com/accom/rooms.html
http://www.cooperativeschoolsanpedro.edu.gt/html_eng/indexen.htm
Just separating my last trip from this new excursion.





























































































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