Ometepe is a largish island rising from Lake Nicaragua. It’s formed by two volcanoes, Concepcion and Maderas, connected by a low isthmus. The easiest way to get there is from Rivas. From the bus terminal you have to take a taxi down to the ferry in San Jorge (about 7 km). You’ll have to haggle for the price, as the driver will ask for something like $15. We got it Continue…
San Juan del Sur is a small resort on Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast. It’s in the South, not very far from the Costa Rican border. But it was completely different from what we’ve seen previously. After The Coastal Challenge, I started taking those palm tree lined beaches for granted. And Montezuma was pretty much on the same lines. But as we moved North across Costa Rica and crossed the border, it Continue…
Today we left Costa Rica for Nicaragua. There are several ways to do this, main ones being bus and plane. We chose the cheaper one: bus. Again, there are two ways to do it: local buses or direct coach. The direct coach is about $29. We went with the local buses option and paid a total of $12. We took the first bus from the Gran Terminal del Caribe in Continue…
From Monteverde we took a bus to Puntarenas, a taxi to the ferry, a ferry to Paqueras and then another bus to the small village of Montezuma. We left the pleasant temperatures behind as we got down to sea level, back to thirty-holy-damn degrees Celsius. Didn’t have any expectations from our accommodations. Made the booking just a couple of days before. Didn’t have many options available. It was central and basic. With Continue…
Monteverde was awesome! We spent one and a half intense days there. The sort of holiday you need to recover from afterwards. The entry point to Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is the town of Santa Elena. We arrived there from La Fortuna via a bus – boat – bus combination that was a lot more time wise convenient that the public buses. Santa Elena is very touristy, but in the same time Continue…