OK, we left El Salvador planning a straight shot to San Juan del Sur Nicargua (48 hours) rest for a few days and then onto Panama. We left El Salvador raised our sails and withing 40 minutes we reefed, then we reefed again, then we brought down all sails and turned on the engine. That night we sought harbor in Fonseca and declared our asses kicked. We hung out there and met up with Cetacean and then proceeded our way down the coast to San Juan del Sur, as has already been documented in the blog.
We finally made it into Bahia Ballena in Costa Rica where everything proceeded to break....Our watermaker boost pump, our dingy engine and then our solar charge controller broke.
It was HOT and HUMID... we were not living the dream...going to shore was difficult and we got drenched many a time going and leaving shore. Time to go back to Mexico, that was our decision. That meant a stop back in El Salvador. What an amazing place that will be in our hearts forever.
After a month there we went back to Marina Chiapas to haul out the boat and pick up the Toyota. We were so happy to be back in our beloved Mexico. Enrique and crew are like family to us. For some reason we have no photos. We were pretty burnt out by then. So here are some Costa Rica photos. We met some awesome people there.
The people that we met in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica were amazing. We never had a problem with check in and check out of any of the countries, we did our research and were respectful and have nothing but great memories and appreciation of the people we met.
We are now settled back in the US, back at work at the dropzone and working on the house. We think we will bring the boat back up the coast of Mexico and drop the hook in Puerto Penasco Mexico, where we can take friends for adventures to Isla de la Guarda.
We hope to take an air adventure to Chile in July.
We finally made it into Bahia Ballena in Costa Rica where everything proceeded to break....Our watermaker boost pump, our dingy engine and then our solar charge controller broke.
It was HOT and HUMID... we were not living the dream...going to shore was difficult and we got drenched many a time going and leaving shore. Time to go back to Mexico, that was our decision. That meant a stop back in El Salvador. What an amazing place that will be in our hearts forever.
After a month there we went back to Marina Chiapas to haul out the boat and pick up the Toyota. We were so happy to be back in our beloved Mexico. Enrique and crew are like family to us. For some reason we have no photos. We were pretty burnt out by then. So here are some Costa Rica photos. We met some awesome people there.
We are now settled back in the US, back at work at the dropzone and working on the house. We think we will bring the boat back up the coast of Mexico and drop the hook in Puerto Penasco Mexico, where we can take friends for adventures to Isla de la Guarda.
We hope to take an air adventure to Chile in July.
