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Travel Blogs from Corinto, Nicaragua
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Stop Number Two
This is a top pick! When we crossed the border on foot, after immigration we were instructed to walk 150 meters to the "bus terminal". We arrived to find a few food stands, and a single bus parked on the side of the road. Apparently that constitutes a ...
climbing the San Cristóbal Volcano
... , it forms a majestic backdrop to the town of Chichigalpa near Chinandega. It is also among the most active volcanos in Nicaragua, erupting frequently (if gently). San Cristóbal is part of a 5-member volcanic complex that bears the same name. Volcán ...
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Got on the bus to Juquilillo by the back door as main aisle crammed with vendedores & got a hand up by the conductor. We both thought I was safely in - my head was - so he let go, but my massive pack is obviously taller than me, so thumped it in to ...
Where is the Power!
We were making our way down to the surfing turtle lodge so we decided to get a taxi to Poneloya, handy for the bags, it was a nice journey out but the day was HOT, HOT, HOT..... The taxi let us off outside a sign for the lodge, "goodstuff we made ...
hot Chinandega
... the San Cristóbal. Tomorrow we will go northwards and explore the region of the Golfo de Fonseca in the very northwest of Nicaragua. As we read in the guidebook that the road from Chinadega till El Congo is paved but the road ahead is in moderate ...
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... at El Amatillo. Then, as a couple of k's, took a tuktuk to the other side (Honduras)) from where microbuses left for the Nicaragua border at Guasale - only went when full so over an hour to wait! From there, an even longer border crossing, so used ...
Las Penitas
Las Penitas is a super small beach town approximately 45 minutes from Leon (the old capital of Nicaragua). It's totally isolated, no mini market and only limited restaurants, so if you're not a beach nut there is really no point in visiting the town. ...
from Jinotega to the Pacific coast
... Sébaco is the largest town of the agricultural valley of the same name. The Sébaco valley is some of the most fertile land in Nicaragua. Vegetable fields stretch as far as the eye can see to the west. The town is cut in two by the highway, on both ...
El Sunzal to Nicaragua
... a hostel, got a good night rest, then Monday we explored the city a little bit. Monday afternoon I got ahold of a contact in Corinto, Nicaragua. Dave Ball is a Peace Corps volunteer and a friend of my cousins. He gave us instructions to get out to Corinto ...
When in Rome...
... a few hours makes! Today the volcano has settled back down. El Viejo is a great New Year's tradition here in Nicaragua and apparently in other countries as well. The effigy represents all the bad things and our transgression from the past ...
Walkabout - Getting to know her.
Samedi en fin d'après, nous sommes arrivés à Marina Puesta Del Sol, la seule marina du Nicaragua, cote Pacifique. Le cadre est vraiment superbe, la marina a été construite dans la mangrove avec le beau volcan de San Cristobal en arrière-plan. Nous ...
Thunder, Lightning, and a Nicaraguan's Perspective
... town. Our conversation, all in Spanish, started very general until I started asking him some of his thoughts about the poor shape Nicaragua is in. This often sparks interest in the locals, but his thoughts pointed out certain things I hadn't heard before. ...
Floundering in the surf
Jiquilillo is barely even a village, more a collection of tin roofed shacks held together with plastic bags and rusty boats lying on the beach. It`s beautiful and completely undeveloped, apart from a token 2 or 3 places to stay along the beach and a few ...
Boat trip in the mangrove of Isla Juan Venado
... and the coast grows a mangrove forest. Juan Venado is 22km long and forms one of the important protected areas in Nicaragua. It is part of the country's national park system and is well-known as a vital coastal wetland region. At a local ...
Surfing and helping out a School in need
The drive to Playa Las Penitas was a mix of gravel and newly paved roads, across farmland that had views of 15 Volcanoes in the area. We arrived in this quiet town, which hugged a small bay, mid-afternoon. It was a small fishing village but was slowly ...
Jiquilillo and Estero Padre Ramos
... Estuary, preserves a large mangrove forest and offers some spectacular nature. There is also some tourism infrastructure present at this natural reserve, which makes it possible to explore this unspoiled region and enjoy some of Nicaragua's finest nature. ...
We move to the coast
We moved to the NE Coast of Nicaragua. The buses from Leon run several times a day and take less than an hour. There are two beach towns here: Las Penitas and Peneloya. We choose Las Penitas as it is closer to the Juan Venado (John Deer) Reserve. ...
Baby Turtles at The Surfing Turtle!
Our adventures to get to the Pacific Coast started with a 20 minute, dodgy, piece of crap taxi ride (just missing a herd of cows at 120km/h). We were dropped off at a sign with a map and instructions of where to go next. We walked a km or so and ...
beached, again
phew! out of the rain and on the beach again. This time it's the resort hotel at Poneloya, west of Lean. Here we meet the extra friendly owners and can rest up lounging in comfort, mere feet from the ...
Cycling Days 88-90: Usulatan to Chinandega
... that maybe we shouldn’t clump all the Central American countries together, that we might actually want to stay in Nicaragua for a while instead of cranking through it like the last two countries. Unfortunately, reality comes back. Groups of men are ...
Las Penitas
On Sunday morning I checked out of Lazy Bones in Leon and headed for El Mercadito where I would catch the bus to the beach town of Las Penitas. Being cheap, and not thinking it was all that far, I head out on foot. I've gotten pretty good at ...
Winghy My Dinghy- And what a dinghy!
... get my butt kicked. Emily even gave surfing a shot, but Red Dog seemed to take to it better. All in all, this part of Nicaragua is SUPER nice, and I can't wait to go back. I'm scheduled to return on 21 June, if anyone wants to come surfing. So Emily ...
The Pig Episode!
After leaving El Salvador, I stopped off in Leon to say hi & pick up my excess stuff. My plan for a couple of days there became a week when Daz organised a camping trip to Asseradora for his b'day. After a technical hitch with the tent (um, ...
Hot,Hot,Hot!
... a policy of voiding a card if it is not used for 6 months! So now, Michelle's card was dead too! Fortunately, businesses in Nicaragua will take US currency and give change in Córdobas, as long as you don't give them too large of bill. And ...
Corinto
Off again, this time to the town of Corinto, an important market town in the area. As it is a Sunday there is a big market in the town with lots of Hondurans coming over to sell goods, luckily we knew that in advance so as soon as we hit the town we ...
the first of four buses today...
Then a 45 minute colectivo bus to the Honduran border - we were the only gringos in the mini van. . Immigration was easy and cost $3 US each to enter Honduras (no exit fee for Guate..) No one seemed to care that we were at the border (we were the only ...
Turtles, rain and noodles!
... turtle nests involving 85 hours each of nitetime beach patrolling, undertaken 17 hours of birding (even found some never seen in nicaragua species!), trapped a good number of rather ferocious bats (swear 1 of them was a vampire!!), caught a toad the size ...
Heaven can wait
Ah, Las Peñitas… Une plage à 20 km de Léon, ou il semble que le temps s'arrête… Ici, on mange, on va dans les hamacs a l’ombre, on prend quelques vagues, on surfe, et on fait cela en continue. C’est donc ce que j’ai fait ...
Kayaking in Las Penitas
Today we hired a Kayak and went to check out the Isla Juan Venado Nature Reserve, after kayaking down the river for about 1k we stopped at a part of the reserve where they protect the turtle eggs, there is a guy there who guards the eggs and shows people ...
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