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El Castillo
On arrival at least El Castillo appeared to be cleaner and more attractive than where we'd just come from. It was a relief when we discovered the locals were also more hospitable that the orange-chucking boys back in San Carlos.
Once we arrived at the dock and had "locked and loaded" our packs (Martin's phrase), we headed off to find …
The river that charmed us
We survived the boat ride! It wasnt so bad at all because the boat was empty and we were able to sleep on the benches in the cabin. The weather was calm and the boat ride was smooth albiet SLOW. On the other side of it awaited the Rio San Juan.
The Rio San Juan is amazing. In addition to being historically significant as the gateway for …
Relaxing in the Castle
The good thing about not choosing your own hotel (due to the credit card requirement - see story yesterday), is that you will probably go to a better place than you had selected originally...and that was the case. The Hotel Victoria was only $30 US per night for a double, ensuite bathroom, cable tv, mosquito net (vital!) and breakfast included. …
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 caiman in the restaurant and we are not anglers, we decided on our favourite pass time...and for $15 …
Fishing trips and a dickheaded, dangerous horse
... get injured and I wasn't risking that. I handed her over to my guide who lost his horse in the process and she was doing the exact same thing to him, rearing up etc. I had to get back to the hotel by foot and only had half an hour to do it in as I was meant to be going on a fishing tour with the others. It was 1.5km away. Decided to try an hitchhike but of course there were hardly any bikes/cars on my side and when there was there was no room for me. Finally about half a km ...
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