Blogs from Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 6

The title of this blog is a homage to the blog entry I wrote about the time I visited Granada's Spanish namesake. It took me a while to finally get to Spain's Granada, but once there it perhaps surprisingly, became one of my favourite cities in Europe. Would Nicaragua's version have the same effect on me? Well, I didnt nearly have as much difficulty getting there than I did finally getting to Spain's version though I had to get up earlier than I would've liked. But overall the transfer from Isla de Ometepe was painless. The ferry we took to San Jorge was nice and big and rode the swell a bit better than url=../../Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/Isla-de-Ometepe/blog-926158.htmlthe small, creaking, wooden vessel we came over to the island on. And just as well, as it was super-windy and ... read more

Back in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, it wasn't great getting up at 5.30am - my sixth early start in a row - and it wasn't great doing it after drinking a litre of boxed wine the previous nighteither. So luckily I had a shuttle picking me and then dropping me off over the border at my hostel in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. I will go out there and say it; the Costa Rica-Nicaragua is probably the shadiest border crossing I have ever undertaken and this was despite having a shuttle employee guiding us every step of the way. Even inside the actual building that serves as the Nicaraguan border office, there were jokers trying to scam tips out of you, saying that you needed "papeles" even though we weren't given any at any stage of ... read more

Aujourd'hui je vais vous parler mes équipements. Comme je l'ai déjà dit, j'adore les sports extrêmes! ça me permet d'oublier le stress et d'entamer chaque semaine dans la joie et la bonne humeur! Vous l'avez deviné ! Je ride, surf ou bien d'autres encore pendant mes weekends! Pendant les vacances, je pars avec des potes qui partagent mes passions. Mais revenons à notre sujet! Comme je l'ai dit, avant de pratiquer un sport extrême, je m'équipe comme il faut pour ma propre sécurité. J'achète mes équipements soit chez http://www.sportoza.fr , soit chez Decathlon. Ces deux boutiques m'ont toujours donné satisfaction et m'offrent également des prix abordables. Jusque-là, je ne m'en plains pas. Au contraire, je suis même satisfait de tous mes achats. Étant donné que les articulations sont très sollicitées en sport extrême et que c'est ... read more

Geo: 11.94, -85.96TIME CHECK: 0742 Saturday 23rd January 2016. This would have been my dads 95th Birthday!He was born in 1921 just 3 years after WW1 and from a generation who only traveled if in Armed Forces.....a real gentleman.....We have spent the last day or so investigating for this great City which lies at the foot of another active Volcano: Mombacho! It is some 1344m high and last erupted in 1540.......me thinks we are due for another blow out.......bearing in mind it's nearby to chums Momotombo and Masayar are getting somewhat excited.Granada is a fascinating and relaxed fusion of cultures where South America, The Caribean, and Colonial Spain combine to produce an amazing vibrant City.Every house in Granada is painted a different vivid colour...green...purple...magenta....yellow, has it's resident street dog snoozing outside and coconut tree nearby........On the ... read more

The bus dropped me off In San Jorge just in time to see the 2:30 ferry leave 10 minutes early (nothing in this part of the world ever leaves early). Two hours later I'd paid and boarded the Ferry El Che Guevara and headed across Lake Nicaragua to the twin volcanic island of Ometepe. I had heard of this little jungle tree house hostel, called Little Morgan's, which is located in Santa Cruz on the other side of the island and can take a couple of hours to get there by bus. So I decided to spend my first night on the island in Moyogalpa, the town where the ferry landed. It was starting to get dark and after I tried a few hostels all I could find was the offer of a hammock out the ... read more