12/10/2005 - Tortugas Island & Cedros Island, Costa Rica

The islands in the Golfo de Nicoya were beautiful. We snorkeled while at Tortugas Island and a local fisherman brought fresh lobster to our boat and we enjoyed some fine dining aboard the Woodduck.

While we were at Cedros Island, we enjoyed meeting the locals and they shared with us some of their own freshly caught fish. The hospitality of everybody in Costa Rica has been incredible. The locals have shared their fresh water supply, let us take showers and welcomed us into their homes. One day we were gifted a beautiful red snapper and dried it and made some jerkey. That was the day the local fishermen had caught, literally a boatload full of sharks and stingrays and prepared to take them to the local market. We haven´t tried eating shark yet or the stingrys, but we hear they are some of the best eating there is in seafood!