Lost in Panama: Surf Camp
Adventure Travel, Cabins & Camping, Fitness & Workouts, Lost Girls, Panama — By Amanda P on September 5, 2009 at 11:50 am
Oasis Surf Camp is just a collection of wooden cabins and a thatched-roof dining hall built on a black-sand beach. To leave, you have to wade through a river that runs into the ocean, and walk for 15-minutes to the town. In Santa Catalina, there’s no internet cafe (that’s another 20 minute walk-if the electricity hasn’t gone out because of the rains). There’s no bank or ATMs, and they don’t take credit cards, so you have to come here with cash. There’s also no cell phone towers, and only one working pay phone.
We spent our first day sharing a foam surfboard to practice riding the waves for the first time since ending our yearlong trip together at surf camp in Australia. At Oasis, we could rent boards for $15 a day, run on the (nearly) deserted beach, and then read in a hammock when the afternoon rains came. At night, we shared a $10 bottle of wine over a dinner of pasta and lagostinas (shrimp) cooked by the Italian owners. We lingered over our feast, talking to our new friends Paul and Itzel about how to get to Isle Coiba to dive, an island known for sharks.
Check out these related posts:
- Lost in Panama: Chasing summer to Santa Catalina
- The Lost Girls Leave for Panama!
- Lost Girl of the Week: Julie Stone
- Lost in the Mail: The Inca Trail
- Lost in Costa Rica: Revving our Adrenaline in Arenal
Tweet This
Digg This
Save to delicious
Stumble it
RSS Feed
4 Comments
Yeah, right….
[Reply]
Hey guys! How are you? Nice pictures of our cabanas, we were your Canadian neighbours from Aliam
. Santa Catalina was great, I hope you enjoyed your trip to Coiba. Good luck on the book and let's keep in touch!
Alex
[Reply]
Wow lots of great stuff here. Traveling is the best. The elephant photo is the awesome. Take care.
[Reply]
You understand thus considerably relating to this topic, produced me in my view imagine it from a lot of numerous angles. Its like women and men are not involved unless it’s one thing to do with Woman gaga! Your own stuffs excellent. Always handle it up!
[Reply]