Blogs from San Juan del Sur, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 5

We headed to the pacific coastal town of San Juan Del Sur in southern Nicaragua. This place was very gringofied and was a ramshackle tourist town. It is the place to party in Nicaragua. I spent the first night on the sidelines because of a monster burger that I ate at Black Whale where there was also a crab in the toilet that they couldn't get out because it kept hiding. We met a group of Irish guys and of course lots of boozing ensued. I am not really a fan of rum but the Nicaraguan dark rum flor de cana was really good stuff and gave us a great night out. The bay of San Juan was really nice and we went swimming in it and saw a small bull shark and some rays in ... read more

This morning we ate at another one of the comedores in the market. So much food for so little money. Geoff was all excited about having fried eggs. It's weird but they aren't easy to get & impossible to make in shared kitchens with pans that everything sticks to no matter how much oil you use. So, surprise surprise he had fried eggs & gallo pinto. I had an omelet & gallo pinto & it was all good. We then hiked up to the top of the point overlooking SJDS where there is a huge Jesus statue. We had to go see Jesus! The hike up was very very hot & very uphill. We walked in the shade whenever possible & had to do a lot of water & catch your breath stops. The view from ... read more

San Juan Del Sur - Playa Hermosa and Hotel Rayito de Luna... read more

I'm only about a week into the trip, but it already feels like it's been longer (in a good way). Was able to quickly get into the traveling mindset this time. I'm currently in San Juan Del Sur, a cool little town in the south west of Nicaragua. My friend Matt and I flew into San Jose, Costa Rica last week and spent a night in the capital. Got up in the morning and took the first bus to Tamarindo, an extremely touristy surfing town on the Pacific coast. I'd been there before, so I knew the town itself was nothing special, but we just wanted to get in a day of surfing as soon as possible. We found a nice hostel that evening, then spent a good eight hours in the water the next day. ... read more

It rained like hell last night. But luckily (and surprisingly) we stayed perfectly dry in Casa Feliz. This morning the rain finally broke around 9AM. Perfect timing. Got up and got some coffee and banana/chocolate chip pancakes at Gato Negro. I bought an awesome knockoff DVD of "Machete" and though I never buy knockoff's it just seemed appropriate to buy a cheesy movie with Danny Trejo down here. Then we check out the farmers market at Big Wave Daves, but it amounted to 4 or 5 tables set up by a buncha gringos. At 11AM the truck showed up to take us to the 2.7kilometer, 17 platform, Zip Line known as "Da Flying Frog". Jose was our awesome guide and safety instructor and explained everything very well in English to us. Then we were off; the ... read more