Surf Lyfe

The Day That We Moved Hostels

This was an auspicious day. It was the day we moved to the Oasis Surf Camp. Our friends from Amsterdam had gone home. My taiwanese friend and I decided to continue sharing rooms, because it's cheaper that way. I convinced her to switch hostels because I wanted to be right on the beach. This turned out to be the best decision we could have made. 

First off, Oasis is separated from the rest of SC by a river that is shallow when it is low tide but quite deep at High Tide. It was an ominous thing, this high tide. Oasis really became more of an island at high tide. You pretty much stayed on the island at high tide. Mostly because of the crocodiles.....

You'd think with all the tourists, they might just build a walking bridge. Just a thought. But there is no grocery store, no ATM, and horrifically spotty wi fi. I happen to like it that way. Except for the internet.

The rise of High Tide often gave rise to the Quest for Internet Connection. 

And Everything was Epic and Capitalized.

The point of me telling you about High Tide is to set the scene for me, carrying all my luggage atop my head, while wading in neck-deep crocodile water in order to get across. 

All worth it for a little bungalow on the beach. 

The view from inside

Here are a few more photos of SC

My favorite café. That's not me, just a random that has no idea she's on my famous blog.

Our first night at Oasis surf camp was nothing short of amazing. There were only 3 other guests besides the two of us. We all ate dinner together and joked about it being very much like a murder mystery. We came up with a plot and various twists and turns and called it... 

wait for it...

High Tide.

Some of us decided to surf. I've never surfed at night before, but you know I wanted to even before I knew how to surf. Thanks to the brilliant movie "Point Break".  What I didn't realize was that the water was bioluminescent. You can read about that here, but basically it means that as you paddle and surf, you light up the water! Seriously! Watch this video because it does a great job of showing what I mean. Except in Panama, it lit up green, not blue. 

It was my favorite memory of Panama. 

P.S. Why none of my links work, I don't know. I follow directions.