El Popoyo
We had great beach time here and I had 3 great days of surfing - morning and afternoon sessions. One evening, it rained down where the hill is in this picture. There´s a river mouth which makes nice banks. The swell was small, but they were little perfections. It was raining slightly but oddly sunny at the same time, creating the hugest rainbow and perfect frame for the jungle loaded shoreline. It was just me and a guy named Nick in the water (former hedge fund manager in Hong Kong). Pelicans were crusing inches from the breaking waves next to us. This was a special evening of surf for me and adds to only a handful of really memorable times in the water.
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 
