Hotel Casablanca
Travel Blogs from San Juan del Sur
March 10-13: Managua, Nicaragua
(Mar. 10) Got into Managua around 5, got a taxi for 50c ($2.50 US), found a good hotel (Hotel Casablanca, $6 per person), and got dinner at the mall. (Mar. 11) Brenda left early this morning for the airport in a taxi we arranged through our hotel. The owner went along which assured us that it was secure. (Mar. 12) (Mar. 13) Brigette and Tori arrive …
Christmas in Rasta Land
Once again I didnt really know what to expect from the Corn Islands except they were a pair of small Carribean islands which had more in common with Jamaica than mainland Nicaragua. After my first night in town the thing that strikes me most is how undeveloped the place is. The town is a strip of bars and shops(shacks really) along the beach and a …
Nicaragua
San Juan Del Sur
We arrived bright and early in Nicaragua and got on a tender ship to the shore town of San Juan Del Sur with our tour group. It was then straight onto the coach and the start of a one and half hour drive to our first stop. The port itself looked very nice...quaint shops and a not too touristy feel to it. Shame that we didn't get more time to see the port but it was good to be able to go to the places on the ...
Getting thrown out of a 5 star resort
... shuttle back to NT so had some dinner in town and then met the other boys at the Black Whale and played pool for a bit. Me and the boys, minus Ben and Jack, headed back to NT to start drinking. Carlo and James have finally arrived which is awesome, although I didn't really get to see them much tonight. We all played a bit of the NZ's game - my vagina, my penis. Which is basically my suitcase with genitals. Then played Ring of Fire which ended ...
First stop in Nicaragua
... situace, ze jsme nasli hostel hned na mistni plazi a tak jestli se slunit tady nebo o par kilometru dale, pro nas nic nemenilo a tak jsme se z mista nehnuli. Jinak prvni dojem z Nikaraguy byl dobry. Je zatim nejlevnejsi (v porovnani s Kostarikou a Panamou), lide jsou mili a kuchyne pestra…i kdyz ryze a fazoli je tu porad dost. Co se pocasi tyka, tak je tu opravdu velke horko behem dne, na druhou stranu v noci se tu trosku ochladi diky obcasnym nocim prehankam. ...