Costa RicaI'm having the great privilege of riding along onboard the fishing boat Silver-Rod-O for the month of January along the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, Central America. |
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January 28th 2009
Flowers at the "airport" in Carrillo. |
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Our dinner: A dorado. |
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Dolphin. |
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Striped Marlin. |
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Saying goodbye to beautiful Silver-Rod-O and Martin in Carrillo. |
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Palms at Playa Carrillo. |
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January 24th 2009
Playa Carrillo where Silver-Rod-O lives. |
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Palms at Playa Carrillo. |
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Baby monkey in a tree. |
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Adult male howler monkey. |
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Dove. |
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Martin having a relaxed birthday. |
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A frog at the lake. |
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January 22nd 2009
Fishing is still very slow but every now and again we catch a fish. This small blue marlin we didn't catch. |
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Gary switching. |
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Silver-Rod-O's round transom stern. |
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Sailfish high in the air. |
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January 18th 2009
Costa Rican horse transport. |
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Local Costa Rican flora and fauna. |
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View of the bay from the pool. |
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Carrillo Beach. |
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Sunset over the pool. |
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Praying Mantis. |
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January 16th 2009
Fishing has been slow recently but today we caught two sailfish. |
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Brown booby. |
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January 12th 2009
Striped marlin strike. |
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Gary freespooling stripey. |
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Gary fighting stripey. |
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Jumping stripey. |
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Playa Carrillo in Costa Rica where Silver-Rod-O is based. |
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The beach in Playa Carrillo. |
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View of the Pacific Ocean from Las Ventanas del Mar, Playa Carrillo. |
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The pool. |
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January 11th 2009
Today we caught 4 sailfish.
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Jumping sailfish. |
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Sunset in Costa Rica. |
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January 10th 2009
Today fishing was slow so we ran more than 100 miles from Hannibal Bank to Golfito, Costa Rica. This is an island on the way. |
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A little piece of Costa Rican coast with some nice waves. |
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Royal Terns at the arrival at Golfito in Costa Rica. |
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The strange looking Greek pleasure yacht RM Elegant in Banana Bay, Costa Rica. |
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Same boat. |
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Arriving in Banana Bay Marina, Golfito. |
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Local fishing boat. |
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Another local "boat". |
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Ringed Kingfisher on a mast. |
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Silver-Rod-O getting its daily wash. |
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January 9th 2009
Sailfish caught in Hannibal Bank in about 10 seconds. |
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We anchoured in a bay at Coiba Island - a protected natural reserve. |
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Dorado-head with the bait. |
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January 8th 2009
Cebaco Island, mothership and game boats. We spent the night here. |
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Fishing boat in Hannibal Bank. |
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Little jumping tuna on the bank. |
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January 7th 2009
Leaving Panama City behind. |
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January 5th 2009
Just as we are about to leave the marina in Panama City for Costa Rica Martin caught this giant corbina in the marina at night. |