Jiquilillo, the small fishing village

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Another day in Granada hanging with Casey and Darren, discussing Casey's now true color patriots LOL

oversome Flor de Caña and Toña and and it was on couple buses to Leon. An hour search for Chris's hostel

and two more buses later (roughly 10 hours) and we were at the Hostel Rancho Esperanzo in the remote

fishing village of Jiquilillo on Nicaragua's Northern Pacific shore.


Not many tourists in these here parts. Discovery Channel was out for about a week to do a documentary

on Monty's Surf Camp, the only other lodging in the village, a few doors err fields down. The waves in

Jiquilillo are about 99% closeout, so I'm not sure why anyone would want to come out this way to learn to

surf. To get away from the city, sure, to learn to surf, nope.


Our hostel had some resident fire ants that like to hang around the picnic table, as well as some resident

bats that enjoyed flying around the dorm (upstairs area of the main hut) at night.


Everynight around 6 the fishing boats (30-40) would head out about 45 to 70 km out to sea, and return in

the morning with the catch to be shipped off to Chanendega and beyond on the network of local buses. If

you can get the express bus, take it, as the local bus considers anybody flagging them down a bus stop.


Currently in Suchitoto El Salvador, going for dinner

Late

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