Blogs from Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 3

Nous nous sommes arrivés à la fin de la rivière (ou fleuve) San Juan hier après toute une journée de voyage en bateau qui est parti à 9h du matin de El Castillo pour arriver à San Juan vers 17h. Le bateau s'arrêtait à toutes les demi-heure pour laisser débarquer les Nicaraguens vers la frontière Costa Rican (A pied...) ou pour que les militaires du côté Nicaragua du fleuve puissent vérifier le bateau de temps en temps. On a vu quelques crocodiles pendant le voyage aussi, mais ils ne nous ont pas arrêtés.. Puis on était naïfs de penser qu'on aurait pu prendre un bateau de San Juan jusqu'à Bluefields.. c'était probablement une mauvaise idée de toute façon avec un petit bateau à la mer. Sinon on a découvert San Juan, un peu perdu et (surprise!) ... read more

Après quelques jours de relaxation à San Juan de Sur (SJDS), nous avons loué une camionnette pour partir pour la journée à une plage non accessible sauf en 4x4. Nous avons préparé des supers smoothies, des collations de fruit, hummus, et salades, et pour la journée on était très satisfaits.. En premier on a vu une maison fabriquée des pneus et de terre, mais elle a été abandonnée. Puis nous avons fait une randonnée sur un terrain à vendre (ça donne des idées, mais on n'est pas rendu là encore dans nos projets). On a vu des hiboux, des cactus, des plantes que je ne reconnaissait pas. Après on est parti à la plage Escameca où il y a une estuaire. Il y avait plein de crabes en coquille qui mangeaient nos craquelins.. Ceci était notre ... read more

We woke up and gathered our stuff up so that we could head out directly after breakfast. The hotel included breakfast, it started at 7:30, and our ferry reservation was for 10. The dock is around an hour drive from the hotel, and we wanted to get there about an hour early (we'd read that if you're not at least 40 min early, you can lose the car reservation). We decided we'd drive a different way than we originally came, to see a bit more of the island. Timing-wise it looked like it just took about 10 min longer than the other route. Unfortunately, there was no way for us to see that half of the trip was on dirt roads. Poor Gertie! She had already been such a trooper with all the bumps and ruts, ... read more

Our second day without going anywhere in Gertie (the car). We'd been told that the beach to the south of us, Maderas, was a good surfing beach, and easy to walk to along the shore as long as the tide was low. It looked like late afternoon would be a good time to go, so in the morning we went to the closest beach. We got some boogie boards from the caretaker, but it wasn't really my thing. Waves are beautiful to watch, but I don't like being pummeled by them! In the afternoon, we walked over to Maderas. The shore was really pretty, lots of flat rock slabs, and tons of smooth stones, shells and driftwood. When we got over to Maderas beach, the waves weren't very high, so there was no one in surfing, ... read more

We woke up and met with Cherry for breakfast, then headed to the bank to exchange some money, and have a wander around town. We checked out the sights of Leon, then came back to gather up our stuff, say goodbye to Cherry, and continue on our journey. We had decided we'd do a couple stops on the way to the beach house- at Masaya to see the volcano and market, and at San Juan del Oriente to see pottery. From google maps, it looked like we had about a 5 hour drive, so we thought we could do a few stops, and still make it to our destination before dark. Masaya was great. There was a museum with some interesting information, including a little video clip of someone crossing over the volcano on tightrope just ... read more