On the move

Hey All,
I'm writing to you from Malpais, Costa Rica.
Quick overview of the last four days:
We had an amazing trip to Lago Apoyo. A pristine crater lake; warm, deep blue water, rimmed with thick jungle full of bats and howler monkeys. Spent the day in the lake and the night with the six other people staying at the quaint little cabin/hostel. Great time that night. Played "drinking jenga," laughed, and had a late night skinny-dip in the lake. My kind of party.
On Saturday we headed to San Juan del Sur, returning to Casa Oro, the hostel where Flakesy and I had stayed earlier in the week. Great night in San Juan. Our friends from the Monkey Hut hostel at Lake Apollo, and several others we met in Granada, showed up and we started to form a big group.
Early Sunday we took the shuttle to Playa Maderas and spent the whole day on the beach. I got to surf a couple times, and it felt great to get back in the water. Back at the hostel, we met up with Flakesy and Tommi, a friend of mine from Austria that Flakesy and I met in Las Salinas. Another fun night in San Juan. In bed at 5am. Up at 9am for the 12 hour journey across border, on buses and ferries, to Malpais.
I had a fun surf this morning and will get in the water again tonight. Mike, Brandon and I are beginning to form a plan. In several days we will shoot diagonally, SE, across Costa Rica to Puerto Viejo, a Caribbean Rasta fishing town in the South East corner of the country and spend a few days there. Then we will cross the border to Bocas del Toro, a tropical Island in Panama, and meet up with several people we ran into in both Granada and San Juan del Sur. From Bocas, we will head into the mountains to the "Lost and Found" hostel, which apparently has incredible hiking through Panama's jungles.
I originally didn't think I'd make it all the way down to Panama, and am so excited that it has become part of our plan. Of course, when travelling, plans change pretty quickly. Pura Vida.