Blogs from San Juan del Sur, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 16

After two days in Granada full of relaxation, cooking our own meals, beautiful colonial buildings, and bars with names like "The Zebra Lounge," we were OFF! to the pinnacle stop in our trip...Isla de Ometepe! for volcanoes, farming, nature, and welcome isolation. We had planned all weekend to take the 3:00 ferry across the choppy, expansive vastness of Lago de Nicaragua (seriously, look at a map, it's huge) and were proud to arrive early to the dock (early for us, though it may have been 2:45) only to discover that the twice-weekly trip books up quickly... too quickly... and tickets had been sold out for over two hours. Whoops! Sitting in the cab, bummed, bursting with excitement and momentum, we made the split-second decision to take a bus south toward Rivas, the other town with ferries ... read more

Hey everyone...sorry I suck at this blogging thing. All is good, still in San Juan Del Sur. Really great place with lot´s of amazing people. I´ve been staying on the neighbouring beach at a campsite/hostel called Matilda´s. Absolutely stunning beach with barely anyone on it. At night I fall asleep to the sound of crashing waves and crazy howler monkeys. The surfing is great but I am getting the snot kicked out of me. I was all cocky and rented a really short board and basically got tumbled in the whitewash all day long. But after many bruised shins I finally got the hang of it and could somewhat hold my own...in the much smaller waves of course. Than the other day I took a nice nasty spill and broke my fin off my board which ... read more

The day started with breakfast at Congo Coffee while we waited for the surfboard rental place to open. An hour later we had our boards and booked a ride with Indian Face - which was basically a commuter truck with no suspension, hard wood benches for seats, and a distinct possibility that we'd crack our head open on the roof or break our tailbones before we actually arrived. We spent the day at Maderas beach, where we used our surf and boogie boards in the cooler than expected surf until the wind picked up enough that we couldn't handle it anymore. The beach was great - remote, not too overpacked considering the time of year, but the facilities were less than spectacular. Bugs everywhere, non-existent flushing, and bees guarding the water basin you need to use ... read more

So I´m currently in the city of San Salvador in El Salvador, on my way to Guatemala. I have a few days backlog to update on, so I´ll get to that now. So I mostly just hung around town on the 26th, I signed up for a surf lesson for the 27th and was looking forward to it. I´d finally get to try the sport that makes the beaches of Central America so famous. So I got up bright and early on the 27th, ready to hit the water and try my luck. However, my instructor was sick. And I was too lazy to look around town to organize another lesson, so I settled for booking one for the next day. While staying in the hostel I´d heard that there was a local bar that played ... read more

Yes, yes, we realize that with an internet connection our blogs should, or could, be more regular. However, since the glorious day, other bloggers have dubbed their day of connection dia del internet, life has been whirring by at an alarming rate. Our journey to Nicaragua, despite being mandated, was superb. Nicaragua is beautiful and significantly less developed than Costa Rica. The Nicaraguans that we met were very eager to help us, to get to know us, and to speak with us about life in Nicaragua and the rest of the world. It was a big difference from the tourist service industry in Costa Rica where people have been visiting for over twenty five years. The people we spoke to in Nicaragua spoke of the great changes in the past five years and how the tourists ... read more