Surf II

Nicaragua bound: Of hammocks, surfing and cervezas

---

January 19th 2008
Off on another adventure, long overdue... Ken, Kim and I headed to Central America for three weeks, starting in Nicaragua and finishing in Costa Rica (as Canada is in the grips of cold and Winter, this seemed to be the perfect destination!) Flew into Liberia CR, and hopped a cab to Penas Blancas and the Nicaraguan border (Liberia turned out to be a little closer than Managua to our first d ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Southern Pacific Coast » San Juan del Sur

---

The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the fir... ... read more