Blogs from El Castillo, Rio San Juan Region, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean

We got to El Castillo, on the San Juan river about midway between the atlantic and lake Nicaragua yesterday around 3. We checked into a decent place for like $4. The town was very strange. First of all, it was about 60% hotels/hostels but we only saw a few other tourists. We were the only tourists at our hostel. People were friendly in general but we also noticed pretty quick that the young people there seemed particularly unapproachable and would not respond when we greeted them...i don´t know why. We booked 2 tours. Our frist tour was for that night to catch some nocturnal camians (an alligator-like creature except smaller) they were about a meter in length. We on board a wide canoe with an outboard motor at about 7pm with our guide and a couple ... read more

Hi from Nicaragua my friends! A long trip, another long trip with the boat, hahahaha, I think that you expect the word "bus" but this time is boat! It's quite choking to arrive in San Carlos, I got the same feeling when I first arrived to Ciudad del Leste in Paraguay. Both are pretty the same, chaotic, a lot of traffic with people trying to sell you something. A lot of hi-fi made in …. who knows :-) To get to Boca de Sabalos, I took the boat and stopped on the way to sleep one night in a lodge. The place was quite nice actually and made easy to get to the fortress on the next day but when I arrived there, the fortress was closed! It’s first of November so they close also on ... read more

Hola! Costa Rica ist schon ziemlich touristisch gepraegt, was man an den Menschen, den Strassen, eigentlich der ganzen Infrastruktrur merkt. Ist ja nicht verkehrt, fuer mich jedoch, ein bisschen nach dem Abenteuer suchend, aber etwas langweilig. So verliess ich San Jose mit dem Bus Richtung Nicaragua. Habe mir den Grenzuebergang Los Chiles ausgesucht, wo man nicht ueber den Landweg sondern ueber Wasser und mit Boot einreist. In Los Chiles endet die Strasse auf Costa Rica Seite, man holt sich seinen Ausreisestempel bei der "Migracion", die uebliche Ausreisegebuehr wird nicht verlangt und macht sich dann zu Fuss auf den Weg zum Fluss, wo die Boote nach San Carlos (Nicaragua) ablegen. Die Fahrt auf den Rio Frio dauert ca. 30 Minuten und auf halber Strecke passiert man den Grenzpfahl, kurz danach ist auch der erste militaerische Grenzposten, den ... read more