Bocas del Toro, Panama

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!






















I bought a board and I surfed it for 7 hours today, the waves were huge! I took some pictures with a waterproof surf camera this morning. When we paddled out to the amazing left hand reef break we also saw a dolphin. It can´t get much better then this...well, the say the swell is at its peak tomorow morning but I might still be drunk then, the Cortes rum is cheap as water, happy new year!

Bocas del Toro, Panama

Click here! Surfing with a Stingray

Feliz navidad!

Man was I sweating last night at Christmas dinner and with my sunburned nose I looked just like the rednosed reindeer. But the last days surfing at Wizzard beach were really worth it. On one wave there was a huge stingray swimming beneath me, really amazing!
I met here with Tomas, my colleage and surfing buddy from Amsterdam to spend Christmas and maybe New years too...

Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Puerto Viejo is on the Caribbean coast, I only spend one night there in the legendary Rocking J's Hammock hotel to break up the journey to Panama.

It was flat at the time but I have to come back here when there are waves!

Mal Pais, Costa Rica

Mal Pais is situated on the Atlantic and has big waves almost all year round. I've spend 2 weeks there of which on week in a hammock (being sick) and the other in the ocean getting stoked.

San Jose, Costa Rica

Sinterklaas and zwarte Piet found my wish list and with a little help from the Ambassador they got me a new passport!
I also meet with the research director of Central America from The Nature Conservancy and another well respected Marine Biologist at the University of San Jose. Trough them I got to know almost every biologist in Costa Rica. However, due to the crisis, they all have been firing instead of hiring new staff. My timing could have been better but I keep good faith...