After spending, hmmmm, 5 days in Costa Rica, and traveling an entire day, we have made it to Nicaragua. Taking the 6 am bus we finally arrived in San Juan del Sur 3 busses and 1 taxi ride later around 5pm. Costa Rica was great, just a little more expensive than anywhere else because it has become a more USA and Canadian tourist destination instead of people going to Hawaii. So it has become more Americanized and expensive unfortuately. We stayed at Rancho Grande, which was great. AC in the room, big heavy wave surf for the boys, and cool people from France, Spain, and Germany. We even had the luck of the hostel manager, Roberto, being a surfboard repairer, so Matty's board that got run over in Bocas and the nose broken, got repaired professionally
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