In late April, Chad and I eagerly did the 3 hour drive all the way to Liberia airport to meet Mark and Nicole, hoping to explore the area. Due to Chad's anxiousness to show Mark his secret surf spot and the slight annoyance that the airlines lost Mark's luggage, we drove all the way back to Esterillos Oeste that afternoon. Chad was so excited to finally have a surf buddy, that he nearly killed Mark taking him to shark/crocodile infested double overhead reef breaks. Needless to say, Mark was pumped on the waves and spent the majority of his time here surfing.
For Nicole's birthday we headed south towards the Osa Peninsula and stopped in the surf town of Dominical on the way. Nicole scored the best birthdays waves she could ever ask for! We both had the best waves of our life in Dominical and Chad claims he had the most fulfilling longboard wave of his life. We stayed in a little jungle cabin on our first night on the Osa and on the second night we stayed in an open-air cabina listening to the horrendous sounds of howler monkeys all night, ugh! Chad and Mark surfed some awesome breaks in Cabo Matapalo on the tip of the Osa Peninsula. From here we headed back to Esterillos for a slight break before our exciting trip to Panama.
Nicole and I convinced the boys to leave their surfboards behind and spend a few days on the Caribbean side of Panama at the islands of Bocas del Toro. We drove the Burb to San Jose and took a flight on a little 10 seater plane to Panama. It was absolutely beautiful! We spent three night in this little CHILL town right on the water. We took a boat ride around the different islands, snorkeled, played soccer on the beach with a bunch of Panamanian kids, and watched dolphins jumping all around our boat. The following day the boys went diving while Nicole and I went to Star beach with the largest starfish I have ever seen. Following this we got eaten alive by the nasty no-see-um's, we honestly had about 100 bites each on the back of our legs, soooooo annoying! That night, drunk Mark emerged and created a demon out of my boyfriend with those damn $1.50 rum and cokes. Needless to say, the night ended in utter turmoil and Chad is now banned from drinking hard alcohol in my presence :)! All the while, it was still a fun night and an awesome trip!
The last few days of Nicole and Mark's trip the boys fit in as many surf sessions as possible, Nicole worked on her tan and I started to get depressed anticipating their departure. It was so fun having Nicole to hang out and surf with, which made it really sad when they left! I just wanted to say thank you sooooooo much Nicole and Mark, you guys were OVERLY generous while you were here and we had such an incredible time with you! Chad misses messing with you about the croc's in the line-up Mark and can't wait for you to re-join theburbadventure on the journey home. I will gladly give you my spot as the guard of Rhino and Zburb :)! We love you guys so much and I am so excited to be your future sister-in-law!!!!
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