{"id":72,"date":"2006-12-11T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T19:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/?p=72"},"modified":"2006-12-23T12:49:41","modified_gmt":"2006-12-23T18:49:41","slug":"into-the-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/2006\/12\/11\/into-the-wilderness\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>This will likely be our last post for a few days, as we are hoping to board a collectivo (local taxi – well, pickup truck with some seats in the back and a tarp over the top) that will take us to the entrance of the Corcovado National Park. If you are wondering where that is, find Costa Rica on a map, then find the small, most southern, most western peninsula, near the border with Panama. That’s the Osa Peninsula, and the Corcovado National Park takes up about half of it.<\/p>\n

Corcovado promises to be a pretty rustic place to stay, with electricity supplied by generators for a few hours a day and not much to do other than check out the copious flora and fauna, lay on the beach, and go hiking through the jungle. We’ve got some reservations at a tent camp near the entrance of the park, but I’ve learned that you can just about expect anything in this part of the world.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Yesterday, we rented a little 4×4 car and drove around the southern part of the peninsula, including heading out to a big surf break near Cabo Matapolas, which at the end of the Golfo Dolce, where it opens into the Pacific Ocean. A few hardened surfer types were enjoying the decent waves as the tide was coming in, dodging rocks and looking a little smug that they had found such a sweet, depopulated place to ride.<\/p>\n

This morning, we found another wonderful beach, even closer to Porto Jiminez, one with two breaks when the tide is out, each with a clear water and no rocks. You could actually surf the outer break to the inner break and then surf that to the beach. Alas, though, no rented board with us.<\/p>\n

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The collectivo leaves at 6 AM tomorrow, so we will have to get up early. We will probably chill the rest of the afternoon and enjoy our last bit of air conditioning for a few days – it has been in the upper 80s with 70% humidity the past few days, when it hasn’t been raining.<\/p>\n

The next post will hopefully be in Memphis on Saturday. I just hope that Stephen got my email about needing an ride from the airport on Friday night…<\/p>\n

Check out more photos of Porto Jimenez here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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