Our Excursion Part One

Last week, we decided to venture out to explore Southwestern Costa Rica. We headed through the Province of Puntarenas to the Osa Peninsula, a finger of land with the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Golfo Dulce to the east.
Heading south, we passed by the Tarcoles River, famous for its population of crocodiles:

Despite the warm weather, we chose not to go for a swim as the water seemed a bit murky.
Instead we proceeded, past Jaco and Quespos and wended our way south to Dominical.

After a seven and a half hour drive, we finally made the descent to the Golfo Dulce to our first destination, Puerto Jimenez, the largest city on the Osa Peninsula. Even though it's not exactly a thriving metropolis, it does feature a main road with opportunities for shopping.

Puerto Jimenez is the gateway to a number of isolated beaches accessible by bumpy gravel and dirt roads only suitable with a 4x4. One of the nicest is Playa Pan Dulce, a favourite of surfers. Although, I neglected to pack my board and was unable to perform a "Backdoor" or "Clidro", I did dazzle onlookers with my incredibly, risky and bitchin' "Lose your sandals (or sandales as we locals call them) and try to retrieve them without losing balance" move. Needless to say, the onlookers and experts were impressed!

After a day of marvellous views and spectacular feats, we drove back to PJ but not before capturing the heated passion of two Latino Macaws.