We left the gusty Papagayo wind area and were awe struck by the rock formations ( hole in the rock) Similar to Gaspe Bay rocks.
Dolphins joined us for a short while and thankfully the winds dropped to our favor. We had a nice broad reach sail until we got to Bahia del
Coco.
We had trouble anchoring in the soft sand ground. I was sick from a flu and sore from my car accident and dragged myself to shore to get some provisions.
The price of stuff virtually tripled from El Salvador and the scenery drastically changed as well. Less chaos, less garbage and a lot more organized. The streets were lined with tour operators and sarong shops. The taxi’s and busses are newer models all painted the same all lacking the kitschy adornments of Religious and Hollywood icons so common in Central America. ( The busses in El Salvador had shark fins on top of the roofs, and mad max slasher hubcaps))
We see the Town as a tourist trap, the beach mediocre, and question why people even holiday there.
The Police came via a semi truck- Apparently a portable jail for out of control party folks. There is some sort of festival happening that weekend. We did not stick around to find out. The port captain was not there and the next day he had no power to process our Zarpe. He suggested that we never stopped there. As far as he was concerned he never saw us. He advised us to check in at Punterenas which was days away.
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