Great Advice if you are planning on slow traveling, moving to, or volunteering in Central America.
This guest post is by  David Bloom.  Mr. Bloom is active on the Couch Surfing boards for Central America and I’ve been communicating with him over the past year. I thought this article would be great travel advice to our readers and with his permission, we are posting it for you. If you have any questions or wish to contact the author directly, please send him a note here.
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Laugh often,
Dream big,
Reach for the stars!
“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter”
~Mark Twain
In Episode # 11 Lainie & Miro get you caught up on the last two weeks of their adventure.
Lainie and Miro share a little of their experiences  in Nicaragua, from their stay at the surf hostel at Playa Madera called the Dreamcatcher to crossing over the border into Costa Rica.  If you listen carefully you might even hear Miro tell his first joke on a podcast.  Next, they share their future travel …

We stayed there for 3 days and had a great time. After that, we spent 2 days at Elana’s spice farm in a small town outside Quepos call Londress.

Yah, Mon.
After yet another long bus ride, 7 hours, we arrived in a sandy village called Puerto Viejo on the south – east coast corner of the Costa Rican. Felt good to be back in the warm Caribbean sun, clear blue waters and feeling “ire”. As in all Central American countries, the Caribbean feels very different from the rest of the country and in this case, specifically very different than the Pacific coast. (Compared to San Jose, we weren’t even on the same planet.)

We checked into Rocking Jays, just outside …

We were robbed.
Today we decided to continue with the surf theme, give Miro an opportunity to practice surfing without the pressure of a teacher. Tranqulo-like. His choice and I was so pleased. The next beach over is called Playa Guionis, just a jungle path away from Playa Polata where we’re staying. The waves are not as big as those at it’s connecting beach, therefore it’s the perfect place for a 10 year old to practice his surfing as second time and a 50 year old to try surfing …

After a few days in San Jose, we were ready to discover the real Costa Rica. We took a bus to headed towards the Pacific Coast, in the province of Guanacaste, destination: the Nicoya Peninsula. We were in search of sun, sand, surf and monkeys if we were to be so lucky. We accepted an invitation to stay with couch surfer Craig, and his girlfriend Agnes and of course, excited to get out of the city.
The trip to Nosara was long, well over six hours, our …