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Days 69-70: Getting Ready for Panama
April 17-18, 2006
In the morning, the famous free love nights of Cahuita are still on our minds - what a bad luck to fall asleep before even having gotten a glimpse of this spicy nocturnal life! On a different note, "free love" might not be the most suitable description for the activities in question - according to some sources, the adventurous ladies are typically responsible for all the expenses associated with the hot nights! We find this very intriguing, but slightly hard to believe, as never ever during this trip have we noticed a female traveler complaining about lack of attention from Latinos - in fact, the interest is always present and overwhelming! Then what is the matter with this little place called Cahuita, and why things are completely different here? Haven't the rich American ladies spoilt the Cahuita pals just a little bit too much? :))
Well, the overlooked hot night has turned into a hot day - literally! - which we decide to spend cruising around the town, hanging out in the beachfront cafés and lazing on the beautiful Caribbean beach near Cahuita (for a symbolic donation, you are allowed to enter and stay as long as you please in the Cahuita National Park, which encompasses a marvelous white sand bay framed by a grove of palm trees and the turquoise-colored waters of the Caribbean Sea. Almost visitor-free and reportedly full of wildlife early in the morning, this place definitely deserves a top spot on the most beautiful beaches list!)
As by late afternoon still nothing unusual starts happening in Cahuita, we finally get bored, terminate the inconclusive research on free-love in Cahuita, and continue further south toward the border of Panama. It starts getting dark at the time we reach another tiny beachfront village of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, and the "Rocking J's" campground we accidentally come across seems like a perfect place to spend the last night in Costa Rica.
Rocking J's could hardly be named more aptly - this place truly rocks! The
campsite is huge and has everything one could wish for. First, where do you
feel like sleeping tonight? (Cahuita does not count!) The choices include
a tent you can rent from Rocking J's, an area for your own tent, rooms with
shared or with private bathroom, and a "luxury" room in the tree
house high above everyone else's heads and beds. If none of the above sounds
good enough, come and swing the night away in one of the very colorful hammocks!
(This is where we came to know the concept of a "hammock hotel",
one of the greatest inventions in the hospitality industry! All it consists
of is a plain structure with a roof on pillars and hundreds of hammocks hanging
underneath. Each hammock user also gets a locker for keeping personal stuff
securely locked. Since most of the Caribbean nights are warm and oh-so-starry,
one could hardly think of a better way to enjoy the views while sleeping :)).
But this is only the beginning! In addition to the you-name-it sleeping possibilities,
Rocking J's also has a Mexican restaurant, a bar, live music and dancing some
of the nights, mini grocery store just across the street, communal kitchen,
bike rental, car parking area, easy access to the beach, and a clubhouse with
free movies and plenty of characters from all around the world! In case you
get enough of the endless fellow-travelers' stories at Rocking J's, Puerto
Viejo de Talamanca is just 10 walking minutes away, with all the snorkeling,
diving, surfing and bar-hopping you can handle!
No wonder you cannot leave such a place after just one night, therefore in the morning Panama gets rescheduled for 24 hours later :)
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Beach at Cahuita
Karibu juros krantai ties Cahuita |
Other pleasures of Cahuita
Kiti Cahuitos malonumai |
The palm & the sea :)
Palme ir jura :) |
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The place!
Jeigu kam liudna labai, jus butinai atvaziuokite cia, pas mus! |
The happy J's chair
Linksmoji Rocking J's kede |
Rocking J's 360 (Video clip, 4Mb)
Rocking J's 360 (Video klipas, 4Mb) |
Nuvesk pelyte virs paveiksliuko, spustelk jos kaire ausele, ir paveiksliukas padides
69- 70-oji dienos: Ruosiames Panamai
2006 m. balandzio 17-18
Rytas Cahuitoje uz vakara siek tiek idomesnis (kur jau ne, kada visa vakara pramiegojom! :)) - mums besikraunant i masina daiktus, i viesbucio kiema dviraciu ivaziuoja simpatiskas berniokas ir pasibeldzia i vieno is kambariu duris. Is vidaus pasigirsta "kas ten?, I kuri jaunuolis garsiai atsako: "Atveziau uzsakyma!" Akies krasteliu stebim, koki uzsakyma jis ten pristatys… Musu dideliam nusivylimui, atveze pora suktinuku zoles. Kaip neoriginalu! - prekyba situo "geriu" taip placiai paplitusi po visa Centrine Amerika, kad niekas per daug nebesislepia nei ja pirkdamas, nei siulydamas pirkti, anei stebisi regedamas vykstancius sanderius. O mes tikejomes kazko pikantiskesnio - gi cia ne siaip eilinis pajurio miestelis, o izymioji Cahuita, i kuria, atseit, gausiai renkasi lotyniskos romantikos panudusios amerikietes, kurios po to dar ir susimoka "mylimiesiems" uz paslaugas. (Mums sitokie faktai pasirode mazu maziausiai keistoki, o realiausiai - labai itartini, nes ko jau ko, o gerbeju demesio lotynu salyse damoms, ko gero, pasaulio istorijoje nera pritruke. Atkakliausiems neretai net norisi sumoketi uz galimybe demesio nebegauti!.. Ar tik nebus simpatiskieji Cahuitos bernuzeliai turtingu amerikieciu islepinti?!)
Ka gi, jei jau karstuju Cahuitos naktu pazinti nelemta, tai nutariam pazinsinti bent jau karstas dienas - tiesiogine prasme. Salia Cahuitos radome viena is graziausiu pasaulyje balto smelio papludimiu (Cahuitos nacionalinio parko teritorijoje), kur gera pusdieni tinginiavome palmiu pavesy ir mirkom siltoj Karibu juroj - kaupeme fizines ir dvasines jegas visai nebetoli esanciam Panamos pasieniui (jei pasikartos ivaziavimo I Costa Rica scenarijus, stiprybes ir kantrybes tikrai prireiks!! :))
Vakare toliau riedam Karibu pakrante zemyn I pietus, kad anksti is ryto jau butumem prie Panamos. Bet nuvaziuoti pasiseka tik 15 km - pirma, ties Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (dar vienas mazytis miestelis prie Karibu juros) sutemsta, tad tenka ieskoti vietos nakvynei; o antra, pataikom apsinakvoti prie miestelio esanciame kempinge "Rocking J's", kuris pasirodo besas ne siaip sau grazi nakvynes vieta ant juros kranto, o tikras pasaulio keliauninku kulturos ir pramogu centras! Jau vien nakvojimo budu kokia ivairove: galima rinktis miegoti ju palapineje arba savo palapineje, kambaryje su dusu arba kambaryje be duso, dar galima nakvoti liukso numeryje - apzvalgos bokste (auksciausiai iskeltame, prabangiausiame ir, aisku, brangiausiame kambaryje) arba tiesiog isitaisyti viename is populiariuju hamaku - karibu naktys siltos ir zvaigzdetos, o hamake supiesi kaip lopsy - kuri lova gali sitokia prabanga atstoti??. Be miegojimo istaigu ivairoves, "Rocking J's" dar yra pora restoranu ir baras, kuriame vakarais daznai groja gyva muzika (taigi, savaime aisku, vyksta ir sokiai), mini parduotuve, bendra virtuve su visa kepimo ir virimo iranga, TV ir video kambarys, bei aibe vietos patogiai sedeti ir plepeti su bendraminciais. Net issizioje klausomes patyrusiu keliautoju istoriju bei nuotykiu, ir taip nepastebime, kur dingsta vakaras, ir diena, ir dar vienas vakaras..... :) Bet rytoj jau tikrai - i Panama!
