Blogs from Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 193

Hola amigos, Na een dag in Tegucicalpa zijn we verder gereisd naar Managua (Nicaragua) en Rivas en de volgende dag het laatste stukje (minder dan een uur) naar San Juan del Sur, een strandplaatsje in Zuid Nicaragua, waar we de afgelopen 2 dagen lekker hebben gerelaxd. Vandaag is waarschijnlijk onze laatste dag hier, maar we weten nog niet zeker waar we nu heengaan. In ieder geval terug naar het noorden.... Hetzij naar Leon, hetzij naar Granada. Mijn plan op dit moment is nog een tijdje in Nicaragua door te brengen en misschien volgende week nog een week spaans te doen en daarna nog wat andere plaatsten in Nicaragua te zien. En uiteindelijk mijn laatste 2-3 weken alleen verder te reizen naar Costa Rica..., maar 'vamos a ver' want plannen hier zijn erg veranderlijk.... read more

Well Little Corn Island officially takes the prize for the most beautiful place I have visited so far on this trip. Picture Utila except without the sand flies, without the annoying scooters and golf carts, and with better and more beaches. The closest thing the island has to a road is a 200 meter long sidewalk on their 'main strip'. Hell, when you get to the island, the closest thing they have to a dock is a makeshift set of wooden steps that they place at the front of the ponga for you to walk down. I found Jason no problem and then I was off to casa Iguana to put my pack down. It was maybe a 10 minute walk down a dirt path through the Jungle to the cabanas. While the Cabanas were not ... read more

Wow! So exciting, today I had probably the best, and worst dive of my life! And since I haven´t done that many dives, those words should have little significance! We went out first thing this morning, and I was doing my multi level dive which allows me to calculate optimum times underwater based on the dive site we go to and nitrogen levels etc. So I planned our dive, and the teacher said I would be leading it! Wow! It was only my 6th dive so it was kind of a big deal! Anyways I was in charge of making sure everyone had enough air, all together, our depth was what we wanted, no changing depth at inapropriate times etc. I got off the boat and my BSD was messed up so I just started sinking, ... read more

Well I woke up this morning at 6:50AM, I stumbled out of bed, walked about 30m and dove into the clear blue carribean ocean. Thus begins my first day on little corn island. Yesterday I woke up and we wanted to get here REAL bad, it´s been our mission since the mosquito coast to find a way. We spent hours on the dock trying to find a boat, but nothing for days. We were fed up and ready to go to Granada, the guy on the dock said 3.5 hours, great we´ll be there for dinner and figure out what to do next. On the way out of our hotel the lady reminded us to get some water and food for the bus ride... OK no big deal I had 2litres of water, she said that ... read more

While I was suppose to head to the market with Jord on saturday, I ended up heading to Luna Apoya (or something like that) with an American I met Friday night. About an hour outside of Granada, the lake is suppose to have been at one time the top of a volcano that has now been caved in...not really sure the details. We took a shuttle, that ripped us off...always ask the price BEFORE you get in, and then hitched 30 minutes from the highway to where we were planning on staying. While I didn't get the full in the back of a pickup experience like you usually do hitching (so it seems anyway) it was a super nice family and has led me to consider doing it more often. In any case it was a ... read more