Blogs from San Juan del Sur, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Just a quick day trip to this tourist surf town. Dain and I walked up to a surf shop without researching, and they gave us 15 minutes to grab our day bags, order a sandwich and catch a ride in the back of a pick-up truck to the beach. It started raining on the 30 minute, bumpy ride to the beach, and continued the entire lesson. We arrived at high tide and waited for about 2 hours before heading out into the surf. I had some time to play around with photographing the Pacific beach setting during rainy season. Local surfers helped us beginners catch waves and tell us when to stand up. Everyone got to stand-up, and cheer, in our group of 8 and we all fought against the strong current for close to 2 ... read more

Geo: 11.249, -85.8633Puff and blow!...drip......"only a few more steps to go Sir"....."fantastic view.....Sir"......stop....rest...........heart rate down from 400 bpm to 300bpm.....I feel like a Christmas pudding in a blast furnace..........over 150 steep steps and a swing bridge are involved to get to our lofty abode.........we meet a "soft shoed" retired Canadian couple half way up who are billeted in the low level bungalows.....cheekily they remark that we will be "in shape" in a few days.......their varacous veins throb in the bright sun......we are in bungalow 14.....there are only 15.......we collapse through the heavy teak front door of our part open air...part tree house style bijou tazanesque pad which will be our home for the final three nights.The journey from Ometepe to Morgan's Rock was relatively straight forward despite an h... read more

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua With high winds blowing we relaxed on the ship, had a leisurely breakfast in one of the dining rooms, then took the elevator down to deck 4 to get a tender to town. Wow what a choppy boat ride into this small port and town. San Juan del Sur is a small town on a horseshoe shaped harbor. Even though we have been told there is not much to see here (many people have opted for the long ride to Grenada or Managua) we elected to poke around today. Today we are happy to just wander around, shop, have a great local lunch and check email. We get off the tender and find ourselves at the far right of the harbor. There is nothing here and only a dirt road heading ... read more

This post is Part 2 of our Nicaragua journey ... please copy and paste the URL below into your browser for today's story!! https://lwgsummerland.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/cooking-with-surfers-momma-starry-san-juan-del-sur-nights/... read more

===English version below=== Nu we de steden van Nicaragua gezien hebben is het tijd om de kust op te zoeken. Wij weg naar San Juan del Sur. Een vissershaventje in volle expansie dat door “Jésus” wordt beschermd. De kreeft is hier zo goedkoop dat we drie avonden na mekaar kreeft bestellen. Waarom iets anders eten? Stevige golven, surfers in het water. Zwemmen lukt net, toch opletten of we gaan kopje onder. Tof hotelletje net aan het strand met een zwembad, uitgebaat door een Spaans-Argentijns koppel die vroeger professionele pokerspelers waren. Leuke boel hier. Ok, genoeg kreeft gegeten we gaan naar Ometepe. Een eiland met twee vulkanen, dat klinkt interessant als ze maar niet uitbarsten. Eindelijk raken we op de ferry voor de overtocht. Ze vertrekken met de ferry wanneer het hun past. Nog voor zonsondergang een ... read more