Morgans Rock Hotel San Juan del Sur

... alright. The taxi driver responded in broken English.

“I can take you for 15 dollars.”

“15” I repeat and then in Spanish, but it’s a 2 hour or more journey.

“Si, 15 dollars.”

“Okay is it quince dollares or cincuenta dollares?”

“Cincuent a” he responds

“50 not 15.” I respond. Either way the direct bus was only $3, so I politely declined, and the offer to ...

... all other sorts of interesting species. Al was just dying to do some kayaking and we had missed opportunities from Panama and Costa Rica. We jumped (ok, well hobbled) out of bed that morning and put in our breakfast order early as the bus was leaving at 8.30am outside the hostel in the direction of the kayak company.

We never made the bus. Our breakfast order took over an hour to make despite the fact that we were the only people eating. We saw the bus making its way past us ...

... it all the way back to the hostel so as to take a picture of it. Now I dont know if you know but blowfish are particularly poisonous, in fact, they are the 2nd most poisonous vertebrae in the world. They are a delicacy as well and sushi chefs have to train for years to become proficient enough to extract the small piece of meat that is not poisonous to serve to willing restaurant goers. Not for me! Al must have forgotten this piece of information as he went walking ...

... br>We took only two pictures because turtles don't like the light and we were trying to disturb them as little as possible. The turtles were definitely one of my highlights of the trip.

Tomorrow we're leaving San Juan del Sur for Costa Rica, which we'll just be passing through on our way to Panama. Mom decided she wanted to save Costa Rica for another, separate trip since there is so much to see there and we're starting to run short on time. It looks like ...

... the name of the beach and hotel since there are a lot of beaches along this stretch. So we take the ferrie and the bus to the coast which only cost $2.50 total. The town is full of surfers and not really a backpacker type of place. My hostel was 90 percent surfers. The town is nice and for some reason, I didn{t take any ...

... touristischer vorgestellt. Ok, hier haengen schon ganz schoen viele Touristen rum, aber es vermischt sich alles mit der Einheimischen Bevolkerung und man sieht hier noch sehr viel Landleben. Wir sind heute frueh aufgestanden und haben uns ein Motorrad gemietet, da wir nicht bei vorgeschneiderten Touren mitmachen wollten. Eine Strasse ist hier gemacht, ansonsten ist alles so ein Schotterweg. Das sagt auch mein Allerwertester, der ist naemlich bestimmt schon ...

... med okkur í gard hjá nágranna hans thar sem eru indjánarústir, t.e.a.s. risastór píramydi undir grasi og mold og lítur thví meira út eins og hóll. Ofan á thessari thúst raektar hann svo graenmeti og er slétt sama thó that séu einhver minninsmerki tharna undir sem hann gaeti lìklegast graett helling á. Kannski verdur thetta ordin merkilegur túristadur eftir nokkur ár, hver veit. Eftir thetta, ákvadum vid Gunni ad halda áfram og reyna koma okkur ad landamerunum, kvoddum trúbodana ...

... On the way there I met Kristina from Sweden on the bus from San Juan and we met goth Will from Seattle waiting for the ferry. He´s travelling round Central America sleeping rough and saving money. (Also met an Ozzie on the ferry who knows one of my friends in Oz, in the middle of Lake Nicaragua!) The Ometepe island bus dropped us at the turning 4 km from our destination of Santa Domingo, on the ...