Parque Maritimo el Coco San Juan del Sur

... with him, across a busy dual carriageway. So much for my Tranquilo. I throw a 100 Cordoba at the taxi driver and sprint off after Brad. Brad is unceremoniously deposited on several husks, pips and the flesh of discarded lychees. Gordo tells me the bus I want will leave from here and will arrive 30 minutes before it departs. He then proceeds to show me his very unofficial looking badge and insist because he has the badge I owe him 10 cordobas. Perplexed I keep repeating ...

... owner. We told the kayak guy that we had been told it was $20 for the kayak but he firmly stated that he was charging us $20 each. If we had known this before we could have made provisions, but with only one bank on the island and that being in Moyogalpa we had limited funds with us, besides that bank machine was pretty temperamental from Alan´s experience and we didnt want to draw from there again. We could have paid the money for the kayak but then we risked not having enough to ...

... woke up the next morning with raging hangovers and Al feeling like he had possibly escaped with his life the night before. After a bit of research on the net about blowfish he realised it may have been a slightly idiotic act. We passed the rest of the day nursing our heads, back at Iguanas, our stomachs turning at the poster proudly displaying the special that we had had the night before and stuck to fresh fruit juice and the best nachoes I have yet tasted ...

... the best you can to negotiate in a foreign country and just feeling bitter and wary and distrustful of everyone. Five weeks into this trip I'm really struggling not to cross that line. It's getting harder everyday and I've got to figure out how to avoid that. I'm reminded again just how draining travel can be. Sure it's fun to meet people, experience new foods and sights and places, but it's also utterly exhausting; not knowing where to go, how to ...

... laps of this island and pulled in 3 more big fish (all Barracuda) before heading home.
The trip home was alot calmer then on the way there, and with a beer in hand and dinner on ice we were all feeling pretty happy.
The entire way along the coast you can hardly see any signs of civilization, just trees, birds and the waves crashing onto the rocks.

The power in town went out almost as soon as we got back, so I went fishing in the dark through my back ...

... chicken bus and all.

San Juan del Sur: beautiful and laid back nearly as far as one town could go. It´s set in a deep bay with towering cliffs setting its borders. There´s, in effect, nothing to do, but that´s really the point here, isn´t it? I did muster the motivation to try surfing, which was great fun and a good experience, though my ribs were bruised and chest rashed for days after, preventing me from ...

... willing to take me to the top, he was taking another guy in the morning. Well I woke up and it was pouring and the volcano was covered by this storm.. I met the guide and the other guy, Doddi from Iceland. We went to catch the bus and after about thirty minutes and no bus, raining, I said I will do it Wednesday and hope for better weather. I went back to bed and then went to other side of the island to hike up the other volcano the next day. I ...

... Schmetterlinge, kleine Echsen und Aeffchen. Und auf der ganzen Insel gab es so einen lustigen blauen Vogel mit einem Kopfschmuck und einer weissen Schwanzfeder. Auf dem Weg haben wir ein paar Petroglyphen angeschaut und sind dann weiter zu den Straenden. Dort hatten wir fast unseren Privatstrand, mit wunderschoenem, weissen Sand. Leider war das Wasser ziemlich siffig. Also sind wir nochmal aufs Moto und sind zu Ojo de Agua gefahren...Eine kalte ...

... fara úr henni 1 og hálfum km. ádur. Thegar rútan stoppadi komu full af kollum med sedlabunt ad rútunni og sátu um mann til ad fá mann til ad skipta hondurskum peningum í Nicaragua peninga. Ekk nóg med that thá tóku their toskurnar manns og settu upp á einskonar hjól og sogdu ad their yrdu ad hjóla med mann ad landamaereftirlitinu. Mér fannst thett algjor dónaskapur ad rífa af manni toskurnar og setja thaer á einhver hjól og svo vilja their nátturulega bara fá pening fyrir. Their ...

... the easier of the two - 8 hours up and back, no thank you. My plan to sit on the beach and read was thwarted by the unusual amount of rainfall recently, making the lake about a foot deeper (a serious amount of water) and submerging the strand. I did quite a lot of walking and looking at preColumbian petroglyphs. The island roads were diabolical. It took 2 hours to travel 28 km by bus. Saw island ...