Today is our last day at home and the chores are being checked off quickly. We fly to San Jose--actually, Alajuela, Costa Rica tomorrow and arrive around 9:30 at night and the following day, we're off to Golfito by Sansa, a local airline--puddle jumper south and to the coast. Our plans, though jellowish are to stay there for boat projects, do some local exploring, perhaps inland into N. Panama and then head out by boat to Panama along the Pacific coast. We'll be in Panama until around March--especially exploring the Perlas Islands, and then off to Ecuador, hopefully with other sailing folks who are heading that way at that time. In Ecuador, the boat will be hauled out for bottom paint and we'll leave it on the hard--hauled out, until we return after summer at home. We hope to travel in the northern part of S. America for a few months, too and then be in the Galapagos next season. But that all could change....

Check out new photos of Contadora in the Perlas Islands. Will start new photo groups with date of 06 in title for this year. Finisterrre here we come!!