http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/mtngoat/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from mtngoat en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:36:55 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:36:55 +0000 wow has it really been two weeks since i last updated you all. i have been away from computers or too busy to sit and write about all the fun i have been having. last time i wrote i was in las pinitas nicarauga in the mangrove tour. 123so after that me and my travel buddies went back to leon and stayed in a hostel called la tortuga. they have free pancakes coffee internet and it is only six a ni http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Antigua/Antigua/blog-354514.html up early to kayak and we were all so tired. ate bfast at boca de oro and then off in the kayks. it was so hot. saw some birds but no crocs. walked a lil on a trail but the mosquitos were so bad that we left. back in the kayaks and luis fell over in his into this swamp water. then we went to a beach where there was a guy who raises sea turtles in the sang. he had like 50 in 2 buckets and expected http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Leon/blog-351004.html woke up early for a great run on the beach. did pushups and ran through the surf all while working on my tan. luis went back to leon for money. lara and i went for a bike ride to the next town on bikes with no brakes. very nice beach. also had ice cream and a capiccino shake. came back to the oasis and saw that my finish friends were staying there as well. so we had food together and then me jenna http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Leon/blog-351003.html took forever to get going this morning after a late nite. left the bigfoot for las penitas to stay at another oasis on the beach. very nice place. sat on the beach. swan walked on the beach and saw a very beautiful sunset. we made dinner of spagetti in my lil camp kitchen and it turned out very good. played cards and then watched into the wild on the luiscomputer. very chill place. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Leon/blog-351000.html up early again and went for 40 min swim. was so tired. had good buffet and packed xtra for lunch. travelled to leon on microbus after a full day on the water and a good sunburn on the legs. stayed in the bigfoot hostel which was very chill. went to a disco called O2. it was so hot in there. stayed out till around 2am dancing. met 2 nice ladies from finland named mina and molina. had a nica girl as http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Leon/blog-350998.html woke up way too early and way too tired.had bfast at nice euro cafe. took bus to masaya market and bought a bag shirt and lil wallet. went to craters edge and spent the afternoon in the sun on a tube. had great dinner and saw a big tarantula that night. went nite swimming too in the warm water. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Laguna-de-Apoyo/blog-350997.html woke up early and read and drank coffee and then went for a run w my new travel buddy jenna from indiana. she got cramps so we didnt finish. caught a bus to lago de apoyo which was so nice. stayed for the day at a place called the craters edge. the lago had very clear and warm water and was formed in an old volcano. decided we will go there tomorrow to stay the night. finally starting to get a tan http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Hostel-Oasis/blog-350994.html so this morning it was the howler monkeys and birds that woke us up not the local workers. tried to sleep in the hammock but to no avail. luis set up the van and we also have the belgium couple coming with us in the van. got to the dock and on the boat and met a woman named freuke from holland who told me good things about san juan del sur. sometimes there is just too much information to process http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Hostel-Oasis/blog-348958.html got woken up by the locals at 530. and so i got up and got fed and ready for the hike. our guide guille en espanol was named freddy and a couple from holland were w us named fonz and margarite. fonz was slow and he turned around w his wife just after mid point. freddy spoke no english but it was good practice for my spanish. freddy said it would take an hour and half from where we were from bu http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Isla-de-Ometepe/Balgue/blog-348956.html was undecided on what to do so i ran some errands and then decided to leave myogalpa and get somewhere out of town for some fun. 1st tried some huevos rancheros and met really cool older couple who have lived all over the world and travelled all over. they have a place in florida and teach at an international school. sounds like a good life. so i caught the chicken bus to chaco verde and saw som http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Isla-de-Ometepe/Balgue/blog-348954.html so i was up again early at 530 to make coffee mucho gusto pack no me gusto and catch the bus at 8am. met a couple from estonia and talked with them the whole time. they were named maris and ago. we waited in line at the border and the power was out so it moved very slowly. maris and ago left because it was just a day trip. saw pasquel again and he paid for a nice bus and it even had to wait. fi http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Isla-de-Ometepe/Moyogalpa/blog-348946.html up early after another crap nite of sleeping. was awake at 430 to gert the 530 bus to paquera. met another traveler on the ferry that gave me lots of good info on where to go in nicarauga. met a guy named pasquel from canada on the bus to liberia and he helped me find a room at la posado del tope for 10 which was pretty high. ate out at a few places and ran some errands. got gas for my stove so http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Liberia/blog-348945.html slept like crap the nite before i left for cabo blanco. should have brought my full tent and carried the few extra pounds. all i have is a bivouc tent tarp kind of thing that has no wall and my mosquito net. i have a ground tarp but the bugs can get in under the net. so no more camping. just one more night. i missed the 1st bus to to cabo blanco because the the book had the time wrong. but that http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Montezuma/blog-348936.html yesterday i left from san jose to montezuma via the bus boat bus ride. it wasnt bad and i met lots of nice and helpful people. before i left i went for a very long run in the city which was a good way to see it but i got lost and it took more than an hour. i met 2 guys from isreal on the trip and shared a very small room with them. then this morning i met a couple from vancouver and we hiked to http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Montezuma/blog-347027.html hello everyone who is reading this. so i arrived in costa rica finally after about 20 hrs. thank god i have a direct flight home from belize. i left tacoma at 245 caught my flight in seatac at 5pm flew to LA after a 2 hr layover then to miami for a 4 hr layover then to SJCR arriving at 930 our time. then i went to the wrong side of town for my hostel but i finally made it to the nicest hostel in s http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/San-Jose/blog-346446.html