Rice and Beans: Santa Catalina to Kombutal

We spent two weeks total in Santa Catalina and had a pretty amazing time. For the first week we were right on the point and a short walk for me to get to the beach break. Away from town our days were spent surfing, cooking, eating, sometimes yoga and reading. It was definitely the good life and I started going down the line for the first time which was a huge booster for me.

We loved the spot on the point but we had issues with the manager so we had to leave for a different hostel which wasn't as close but was very luxuries for Nicolas and me. There was A/C, private bath and a mini fridge. We both commented how nice the TV was when we showed up but there was no cable to use it so it was a joke whenever someone came into our room to point out the "great" TV.

Our luxury room.

While in Santa Catalina Nicolas was able to take out his pole spear for the first time and caught us dinner! When he left to go out I was really worried he would come back disappointed because he had never gone spear fishing, before but I was very impressed with he returned with the parrot fish. I made a coconut curry with pineapple out of it and it was amazing.

Nicolas's first catch.

I'm sure Nicolas has a bunch to say about the amazing waves in Santa Catalina but I'm trying to get the blog up to date so I'm just doing short posts about each place we stopped out with a few photos.

We left Santa Catalina for Kombutal but we didn't really know that when we left. We can never seem to decide what we are doing until we are on the bus so sometimes our fate is dependent on which buses show up first. For me this is a lot of fun and I love the surprise of the adventure.

Kombutal is a small little fishing village but so beautiful and friendly. Before here we didn't experience the friendliest of locals and were a bit over Panama but the people in Kombutal couldn't be friendlier. As I sat on the side of the road with all our bags every person waved and said hello as they passed me. When Nicolas came back he was very excited about showing me the spot he found.

We stayed up a small hill at Kombutaleko which was such a beautiful and relaxing place. Every morning they brought us a fruit salad and coffee while we listened to the birds and howler monkeys. The place was full of wildlife and a bunch of guava trees that we checked on daily. This was one of my favorite spots of the trip but the power was very finicky and whenever it rained the power would go out. Since it was the rainy season the power was out the majority of the time while we were there which didn't matter too much until the night when we needed the fan.

The surf was pretty good but a huge swell was coming the spot was maxing out so after about a week we took off for our next adventure.