Tag: costa rica
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Mas Rancho Mastatal
06/11/2006, Mas Rancho Mastatal
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Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica
06/11/2006, Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica Finding a safe place to anchor Guava in Playa Panama, Costa Rica we traveled inland to visit friends for a couple of weeks. Tim and Robin, friends from Seattle, relocated to Costa Rica a few years ago. Finding a beautiful property in the mountains south of San Jose, they have carved…
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Costa Rica, Part 5
06/01/2006, Costa Rica, Part 5 Upon our arrival at Isla del Cano we found no boats in the small rocky anchorage and promptly rowed to shore with gifts for the park ranger. Christian accepted some bread and beers and informed us of the fees to anchor and the diving regulations. We negotiated around the requirement to…
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Costa Rica, Part 4
06/01/2006, Costa Rica, Part 4 The anchorage here, while fine in calm weather, is exposed in a blow. Returning that afternoon we found a fishermans net tangled in Guava’s anchor chain. After unravelling for an hour we were free and decided to remain anchored while our new friends Mark and Liz on S/V Scholarship departed for…
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Costa Rica, Part 3
06/01/2006, Costa Rica, Part 3 Courtney was recently certified in Utila, Honduras yet her demeanor below the surface was that of an ole pro. In no time we had doubled and tripled her logged dives. These conditions are more difficult than your standard dive charter. Dinghy diving takes practice and often the toughest part of our…
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