Friday, March-20-15.

Our tour from customs, Immigration and the port captain went well and fortunately, we did not have to deal with our Nemesis Carlos, the bribe soliciting and threatening customs agent. I dealt with his boss and she was awesome. Ones we are safely out of the country, I will be forwarding to the head of customs and tourism bureau the video recording I made of Carlos threatening us with arrest then counseling us to stay in Costa Rica illegally and go ashore and shop. Hope to get his ass fired.

Anyway, within the hour we will be leaving the dock at Marina Papagayo in preparation to head back to sea. But first we are going to head around the corner to our favorite secluded spot and have a swim and BBQ with our friend Jim on his boat Meand’er, the other Canadian boat that has been interned in Costa Rica for the past two weeks.

The gales have dissipated so the weather is looking good for the 250 mile run up to Bahia Del Sol in El Salvador where we plan on leaving the boat for the next few months and work on her failing systems. The bonus with El Salvador is that there is a cruisers rally going on there with many other boats and dinners and BBQs to help sooth our weary souls.

I hear the marlin are nearby so I will be dragging lines all the way. We still have one black cloud hanging about in the form of steering problems so if you get a message from us in a couple of months from Tahiti you will know why.

Adios for now,

Andy and Jan of Maiatla.