Last Full Day in NicaraguaOff to Playa Hermosa The first sound I hear upon waking is the roar of distant howler monkeys. It is sunny but very windy, which is probably a good thing seeing as the weather forecast is supposed to go up to 40 Celsius. I feel perfectly comfortable in the shade with the wind.We booked a taxi to come and pick us up at 9:30am to take …
Steep Hill to See ChristosShuttle to San Juan del Sur We leave Leon by shuttle bus at 9:30am heading to San Juan del Sur (SJDS). The shuttle is filled. We stop in Granada to drop people off and pick up more people before going on to SJDS which is the beach town where we began the Nicaraguan part of this trip. The shuttle takes six hours.We get dropped off in …
Arrival in Nicaragua Leaving Costa RicaWe leave Gillan’s home at 6am and Gillian drives us to Liberia to catch our 9:15am shuttle bus to Nicaragua. In Liberia we grab a quick breakfast before saying our good-byes. The drive to the border goes quickly but the border crossing is hell. First we have to go through Costa Rican immigration. We drive through an area where a lot of cars and trucks …