Hotel Colonial San Juan del Sur

... little turtles emerge in a group from underneath the sand -- a process that can take anywhere from two to three days! They work together as a team, climbing over each other´s backs to get out, and we watched the last 15 minutes of this process as they made it through the final layers of sand. Once the last babies were out, they turned in a big group (I counted 40 babies, although some had already left) and started making their way towards ...

... across some farmers who with a machete cleared a path to show us the two that were in the field they were working in. Petroglyphs are rocks that have been carved with symbols and pictures, the two we saw were amazing. As we stood amongst banana plants with cane sugar growing in fields either side; with heartbreaking blue sky above; birds of prey circling on thermals and beyond the sparkling waters of the lake, I was truly happy and elated.<br><br>We got back to Finca ...

... up, the path climbed<br>straight up. It was so steep, at time we would travel 10m up and only<br>3m forward. We made good time, it was expected to take four hours to<br>reach the top but we made it in just over three. At the top was an<br>inglorious brown, muddy and shallow creator lake. Normally it would not<br>be nice, but after three hours missioning it up a volcano any cool swim<br>felt amazing. The lookout at the top of the volcano was a tree ...

... enjoyed God's creation. We just hung out in SJDS for the next 2 days and a really nice guy from New Zealand, Scott, who was traveling around the WORLD for a year. You could imagine how many questions and topics I had for him, we talked for hours; it was so remarkable hearing someone else&#8217;s adventures!! Today I regressed ...

... with Mother Nature!<br><br>In between getting beat up there were plenty of fun waves though, some fast rights and some long lefts, some big drops and even a mini-barrel: I had a fraction of a second to appreciate the fact that my head was surrounded by water before the wave blew me off my board! Some of the best waves we encountered were on our surfing/fishing boat trip to Playa Hermosa, a short distance south of San Juan. Well, I say surfing/fishing but the ...

... by these little concoctions that consisted of no "real medicine." Another man had a whole book full of recipes for different illnesses and diseases. He felt that medicine that people received from the clinic worked, but only really fast and for a short period of time. He said that he thinks people need to heal their entire body slowly and completely get rid of the bad things inside your body by these natural remedies. It was also really interesting to listen to these men ...

... reasons) at the drop of a hat whether we were in or out. One night the power went out in SJdS and we were in town having a sushi dinner at a great place called El Pozo, owned by a cool California girl named Claire (more to come later). And since we were without power, the restaurant put out candles on every table and it was very charming, so we stayed to have drinks and chat with Claire. Anyway, when we made it back up the hill later that night ...

... attraction" they wanted to start, and after the video they would give us a free "tubbing trip". The video camera was not usable at the moment and Amelia could not help them, but anyhow we got the trip. You can see the picture down. I have to say I falled down...ok, I think I would have been able to keep hold to the thing...but my bikini was alredy in my knees and falling down...and I love this bikini more than the proudness of not falling down : ( The day after we ...

South of Granada in Lake Nicaragua is the largest freshwater Island in the world - Ometepe island. It is essentially made up of 2 volcanoes - Concepcion and Maderas. The ride over to the island on the ferry was quite bumpy because it was very windy and the swell was bigger than some swells in the Med!!! We started exploring the island at a town called Altagracia which actually does not have a lot to it even though our trusty guidebook said there was. This town is a ...

... back was a lesson in ¨going up you get tired, going down you get hurt.¨ Everybody kept falling all over the place, our legs wiggly and loose. Personally, I was having knee issues. <br><br>The next day I headed down to the island´s main town, Moyogapla, becuase they were having their saint´s day fiesta (for a whole week). The main attraction of the festival was the daily rodeos. And as I should have guessed, rodeo + Central America = trouble. The event was held in the town ¨arena¨ which ...