Some of the most remote
places in the world are starting to feel less isolated thanks to new
technology. This may be good for people who live in them, but for
travellers it's a mixed blessing.
Playa Nancite in the Santa Rosa National Park is a bit
different this year. It is still one of Costa Rica's most remote spots
but it no longer has the same sense of isolation.
The change is certainly not obvious.
Getting here requires the same effort - an hour's drive along
a deeply rutted and muddy track, only passable in a four-wheel-drive
with a winch, followed by a 40-minute hike over a very steep hill.
The beach itself is also unchanged.
Olive ridley turtles still nest here in their thousands,
undisturbed by poachers but hunted by jaguars, which often patrol the
beaches at night.
Sadly, there is also little difference to the huge quantity
of plastic strewn across the high-tide mark, which washes up on to the
golden sands from distant South Pacific islands.
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