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El Castillo Slideshow
El Castillo
Travel Blogs from El Castillo, Nicaragua
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No car fumes, No noise!
This is a top pick! ... must have been quite an annoyance for the old pirates going upstream on their way to sack Granada. The small river village of El Castillo is a refreshing and relaxing place to be, the air here is clear and unpolluted and the constant beeping of car and ...
The Afternoon Heat and Jungle Trekking
... . There aren´t even cars here- there isn´t even a road except for the river. I am in a town called El Castillo on the San Juan river in southern Nicaragua. The river borders Costa Rica most of the way but right now we are just in Nicaragua. The town is ...
Les crocodiles ont remplace les pirates
... capable de courir sur l'eau comme Jesus. Dans l'apres-midi nous passons un moment culturel consacre a l'histoire du Nicaragua et a la visite du fort El Castillo qui surplombe tout le petit village. Ce fort construit en 1675 devait proteger la voie de ...
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Pleasant fast boat ride to El Castillo, a really traditional river town, with many stilted wooden houses over the water, all overshadowed by the scenic fort. Strategically located on the last upriver set of rapids, so they could pound the already ...
Into the heart of darkness.
El Castillo is a site of historical significance in Nicaragua's colonial history, so much so that it appears on one of their banknotes. It was a Spanish fort that held its own during an attack by British raiders. The place itself is no more than a few ...
Not in love boat
... and crap. Ended up having dinner with a Belgian who was cycling across Latin America and his bit of fluff that he picked up in Nicaragua. She was hilarious. She´d been living in the Costa Del Sol for 8 years but spoke no spanish. She had run a bar ...
A trip to El Castillo on Rio San Juan
... not much sleep when we got to San Carlos at 6am, and we had to hang around the dock till 1030 for our next boat to El Castillo. This was a nice boat ride down the Rio San Juan, skirting the border with Costa Rica. Lots of birdlife anyway and wee villages ...
Kayaking Down To Indio Maiz Reserve With Miguel
... the government and of wars on the river. A lot of blood has spilled in this river. There was a minor war in 2000 with Nicaragua not happy with Costa Ricans carrying arms on the river. We passed small houses and thatched huts. The mode of transport here is ...
Relaxing in the Castle
... gold rush in USA this was a main river hub. It was easier in those days to go New York or Orleans - San Juan - El Castillo - Granada - San Francisco by boat than to cross the wild West - Mark Twain wrote about it The musuem is well illustrated (only ...
Riding around the Nicaraguan Jungle
Day 2 of our cashless existence! There are 3 main things one can do in El Castillo apart from the fortress visit: - go fishing to the Caribbean (turpin all over) - go caiman spotting at night - horse riding around the hills As we had plenty of ...
Rio San Juan to El Castillo
... . The trip up the river was really nice despite the showers and we passed some pleasant looking spots on the way. El Castillo didn´t have much choice of accomodation, the best one being way overpriced, so we settled for basic but clean Universal ...
El Castillo is in Nicaragua? (Sophie)
... crowded with people trying to buy tickets to El Castillo. Our thought was to be in Costa Rica tonight, turns out El Castillo is in Nicaragua! But the good news is that there is a cacao festival on tonight, yep that`s right - Chocolate! ...
El Castillo
... try and halt the passage of English, French and other pirates heading to Granada. Things seem to be taking an economic downturn in El Castillo, of the half dozen or so restaurants we passed in trying to find a place to sleep only 1 was opened for ...
The river journey
... , and had to get out, have the passport stamped and then return to the boat to go downstream again. We reached the town of El Castillo about 4pm and checked into our hotel on the hillside overlooking the river. We had amazing views of the river and the ...
El Castillo and the Lodge on the Rio San Juan
... point of the crossing between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Boats would bring people up the river from the Atlantic to the rapids at El Castillo and then they would get off and walk around the town to get onto another boat, which would take them up and ...
El Castillo
... barco tan lleno como los chicken buses de Guatemala, para llegar a San Carlos y de ahí tres horitas mas en otra lancha para el Castillo a través del río San Juan, al principio no había tickets para el barco pero ya se sabe que antes se hunde el barco ...
na na na na...na na na na...hey hey hey...goodbye
... waters to boot. two national guards continue to patrol the little dock today, because who knows...those damn spaniards are sneaky. el castillo has not one single car or motorcycle...zero roads or highways into the area. they use strictly boat ...
Rio San Juan et adieu le Nicaragua
... pour chopper les dernières places d'un bateau qui t'emmène 3 heures plus loin sur le fleuve dans un bled perdu appelé El Castillo, car il a une petite forteresse espagnole. A part ça et regarder le fleuve à partir d'un hamac il y a pas grand ...
A Remote And Idyllic Getaway On The Rio San Juan
... days, listening to the sounds of the river and jungle - especially the howler monkeys. Transport There are three kinds of boat travelling between El Castillo and and San Carlos - at the mouth of the Rio San Juan. There is an express boat at 05.20 hours ...
The river that charmed us
... das Paradies auf Erden. Der Rio San Juan ist so schoen und wild, man traut seinen Augen nicht. Wir waren im malerischen El Castillo, das auch noch ein spanisches Fort hat. Wir haben 2 Touren gemacht. Einen Vormittag sind wir durch den Regenwald ...
El Castillo, een klein dorpje aan de Río San Juan
... Castillo. Een trip van ongeveer 3,5 uur. Onderweg leggen we hier en daar nog aan, omdat mensen van of aan boord willen. El Castillo is een klein dorpje met enkele straatjes. Het ziet er super gezellig uit en ik voel me hier helemaal blij. ...
San Pedro Del Norte
While in San Pedro we stayed in a crude dormitory with wooden bunks. As difficult as it was to sleep in any position on a plank of wood, we would soon find out that it could and would be much worse! We spent the day visiting the local school where our ...
Volcanoes boarding and surfing in Nicaragua
... £4 we couldn't complain really... We arrived in San Carlos, sweaty little river port, where we caught another boat to a town called El Castillo along the San Juan River, very beautiful and remote and we saw the castle built by the Spaniards to stop our ...
Still alive, still curious, still passionate
... me was the conversation I had with my host dad. We were talking about the hospitality of the Nicaraguans and the difference between Nicaragua and the United States. He said that he remembered me from last year, and that I was timid and didn´t speak a ...
On The Road To San Pedro Del Norte
... bus every half hour or pour water from every river we crossed over the engine block to cool it down. Even with the cracked leather seats cutting into our backsides or sliding off altogether, this was voted the best mode of transportation when in ...
Early morning 'fast boat' and on to Managua
... until tuesday, we'd planned on taking the bus from San Carlos to Rivas (around the SE corner of Lake Cocibolca). No one in El Castillo had information on this bus. When we got to the San Carlos bus station we found this bus doesn't run on sundays. ...
El Forteleza
... for 3 days to renew their 90 day visa for Costa Rica. For lunch we had the wonderful river shrimp that had been highly recommended by people on forums. The shrimp are as big as lobster. In the afternoon we explored around the El Castillo ...
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