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Sheeptours - Emma Wall | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 3 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=283443] | 2008-07-03 18:14:10
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By Sheeptours
June 3rd 2008
June 3rd 2008
Stopping for a drink in San Juan del Sur
Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » San Juan Del Sur
Day 217: Muchos Travelling I wasn't sure how far I'd get today. In the absence of direct buses to Granada from Monteverde (apart from the uber-expensive tourist shuttles that is), my journey was invariably going to involve a lot of waiting around at stops and terminals and slow transport on the public buses that would certainly pick up anyone and everyone they encountered along the way. First journey would take me only as far as the panamerican highway, about sixty kilometres away. Although this doesn't sound far, when you're on heavily pot-holed dirt roads in a rickety old bus overlooking [View Full Entry]
Nach kurzer Eingewoehnungsphase und gerade mal einem einzigen Arbeitstag in der Schule hatten wir ein langes Wochenende - 5 Tage wegen Muttertag. Und weil ein paar andere Volontaere sowieso geplant hatte, auf die Corn Islands zu fliegen, habe ich mich angeschlossen. Am Mittwoch morgen um 4:30h ging es los. Enye und Grant aus USA, Nora aus der Schweiz, Lara aus dem Libanon, Dore aus Holland und ich. Ein Taxi brachte uns zum Flughafen nach Managua. Der Flug mit einem uralten Tschechischen Flieger war selbst schon ein Erlebnis. Die Landung auf Big Corn Island noch mehr. Die Corn Islands sin [View Full Entry]
Stefan - Stefan Leydag | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 9 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=284232] | 2008-06-09 14:53:06
By NickiG
June 1st 2008
June 1st 2008
Granada / Laguna de Apoyo and Masaya
Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Granada » Hostel Oasis
Granada is the second biggest town in Nicaragua and a pretty colonial town with a very European main square and pedstrianised streets. The hostel was a pleasant surprise - clean (!!) dorms with decent warm showers and even a pool! The hostel in San Juan had not only caused my backpack to get soaked during the rain storm despite being in my room but had also had people removing cockroaches from their faces during the night and also having to witness the odd sexual experience in a huge dorm room of 14 when everyone else was trying to sleep. Some people!! [View Full Entry]
NickiG - Nicki Goh | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=284748] | 2008-06-07 18:41:44
it has been a trip here. the drive from the airport in managua to the town of san juan del sur is crazy. the roads are terrible. it took about two and a half hours. at some points the driver would have to almost come to a stop just to drive over some bumps and other times he would drive super fast driving really close to the cars driving in the other direction. the town is very nice. it is a surfing and fishing village that seems to be catered around tourists. there are many dogs and cats wandering the roads [View Full Entry]
Samantha jo - Samantha-jo Frick | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 4 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=282250] | 2008-05-31 19:15:23
Hola, i just returned from a 10 day trip from Rancho Santana, Nicaragua which is a investment property 45 minutes east of Rivas along the coast. Its a 2 1/2 hour drive from Managua and the last apx 45 minutes were all bumpy dirt roads. It has supposively some of the best surf in Nicaragua and we caught a small swell just to prove that. As soon as we exit the plane we are met by the guy who's house we are to work on. There are 3 of us Greg, Tim and myself. Greg got his trip for free in [View Full Entry]
captainkidd79 - ac | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 7 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=281273] | 2008-05-29 04:18:15
By newplacestogo
May 29th 2008
May 29th 2008
It's My First Tropical Storm!
Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » San Juan Del Sur
Well...I know I haven't written in a short while, in part because the last few days haven't been all that interesting, at least to read about. I also am at a public internet source, so I'm paying to write this so it really will be short. Anyway, here is the quick recap... Since I last wrote you, I made it to the small town of San Juan de Oriente, to talk with some people on pottery. I brought along a bi-lingual friend who translated and the long and short is I have at least one contact for some interesting items to [View Full Entry]
newplacestogo - Gary Bowman | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=281483] | 2008-05-29 17:11:26
By NickiG
May 29th 2008
May 29th 2008
Tropical Storms at a surf resort
Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » San Juan Del Sur
I arrived in San Juan Del Sur after a long bus journey from Monteverde via a hot a rather scummy town called Rivas. I had left at 6am and then spent 8am til 11:30am sat on the side of the motorway waiting for my bus to the Nicaraguan border. I had various amusing conversations with locals while I was waiting which helped to pass the time! Most of them looked at me funny as I was in the middle of nowhere alone with huge bags waiting for 3 hours for a bus - i suppose I would have done the same [View Full Entry]
NickiG - Nicki Goh | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=282648] | 2008-06-07 18:20:40
Nicaragua was the country I looked forward to visiting the most while planning this trip, and a few hassles aside it was a realy great place. We probably could have given it some more time, but with only five days left to be back in Costa Rica we decided to hit the beach there for a bit. After writing the last entry we decided to tour around the city of Granada for a bit while the sun was lowering in the sky. Across from the central park there was a tractor pulling a series of trolley carts and for 35 cents [View Full Entry]
BGC - Brandon Clarke | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 6 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=280822] | 2008-05-27 19:18:17
Ich bin da! Grenada/Nicaragua. Die Anreise war mal wieder alles andere als angenehm. Zuerst der 20stuendige Flug bis San Jose/Costa Rica und von dort nach einer Nacht im Hostel weitere 8 Stunden mit dem Bus nach Grenada. Der Empfang in meiner neuen temporaeren Heimat war dafuer umso netter. Als ich im stroemenden Regen ankam, warteten bereits fast alle meiner neuen Mitbewohner, ein warmes Essen und sogar Nachtisch auf mich. Ich wohne im Volunteer-Haus La Casita, nur 3 Blocks vom Parque Central, dem Zentrum Grenadas entfernt. Ausser mir wohnen noch ca. 8 weitere Volontaere hier. Ich teile [View Full Entry]
Stefan - Stefan Leydag | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 2 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=278710] | 2008-06-03 05:14:08
By zerotonine
May 26th 2008
May 26th 2008
managua - tica bus oder wie ich vom bier zum weissen wurde
Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Managua
somit in managua angekommen, wartend auf meinen naechsten ticabus welcher mich morgen um 6 weiterfuehren wird auf meiner reise, es erwartet mich ein 27 stunden tripp richtung panama... und noch ne kleine reisegeschichte... in mexico ist es gossenslang wenn man ein bier bzw. eine pfuetze bestellen moechte zu sagen: me gusteria un CHELLA byue... und gut ist.. aber hier in nicaragua ist dies das die normale umgangsform fuer einen weissen.. sprich: que buscaban CHELLA? (was suchst du weisser?) [View Full Entry]
zerotonine - auf der suche nach dem glück | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 2 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=280172] | 2008-05-26 01:57:34