San Simeon Resort Lago de Apoyo

Nice grounds, views & hammocked deck. Lovely to be staying near the water at the bottom of the crater & it being clean & clear enough to swim in. Reasonable visibility too & could see plenty of small fish. Tried to arrange a dive but apparently not possible this week. Not a lot else to do other than muck about in/on the ...

Sept 15th is the Central American Independence Day.<br><br>In 1821, Honduras, Guatamala, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua all declared the seperation from their ties to Spain and developed their individual governments( at first they wanted to create a group governement, but that quickly turned messy and resolved into seperate governing bodies). <br><br>Needless ...

So...<br>I have learn't 4 very important things so far.<br>#1. No bus is ever too full. For anyone who has never seen a standard school bus with 150 people on it, let me tell you, its like seeing fat ******* sweating in a bikini.. busting at the seams and so unappealing. <br>#2. If you want to get somewhere quickly, run. A twenty min drive by car=2 hours on a stuffed passed capacity bus.<br>#3. Refridgeration is never ...

... my 4 host brothers are surf fanatics, I naturally had to go surfing. I had learned in Hawai&#8217;i about 6 years ago, so to say the least, I was a bit rusty. My eldest brother, Hamilton, was the first to take me surfing, and since we only had one board, he handed me the board, and pushed me towards the sea, saying simply, &#8220;go.&#8221; <br>Wait&#8230; no refresher course&#8230; nothing? I tried to ask for some tips, but ...

... supremely luscious building where children stood awaiting our arrival and any handout we could give. As we ate a gracious meal of chicken, rice, empanadas and watermelon all of us students questioned what the next week and a half would bring. <br><br>The next two days were spent moving from small city to small city experiencing the culture of the people who surrounded us. Each person we met had a story a wish a hope for how they wanted their lives to be enhanced. One such ...

... This doesn´t seem to bother anyone in the restaraunt at all and everyone trys to eat via mobile phone untill the power comes back on. Next Day becca heads out early for her first latte fix for a while (6 months!!!!) and then we book our canopy tour. Think tarazan and jane with safety equipment. Its loads of fun but the journey out there is a shocker of a road and takes about an hour but once your in the trees you forget about it. Its cheap dinner ...

... They meld will with the crocodiles to make a lovely swimming lake. THIS IS HOW CHEAP WE ARE: We split an order of pancakes for breakfast when the prices took us off guard. WINDSWEPT Saying goodbye to Guatemala was bittersweet, but we needed to push on with the rest of our journey. In the interest of time, and my need to start my volunteer work in Costa Rica, we opted to fly from Guatemala City to Costa Rica instead of ...

... a little old lady who pointed out her "chaise longue". Yes I found the only sunbed in Nicaragua. And it´s really necessary as there is a strong off shore breeze that whips the sand around. I´d mentioned to someone in San Juan that fortunes could be made renting sunbeds!! So I had my own restaurant on my own beach with just a couple of net fishermen, a man digging up shellfish with a machete, the ...

We arrived in Masaya, another colonial town, filled with history of battles and struggle.There is a fort outside of town called Coyotepe. The US Marines took the hill in a battle against Nica Troops. At the time, the Nicaragua Government was talking to England, France, and others about building a canal from the Atlantic to ...

After a few days in Granada, I went down the the Laguna de Apoyo for a week of Spanish class. I wanted a few days in a peaceful quiet setting, and I figured I had finally been able to absorb and apply what I´d learned in San Cristobal-- so I was ready to do a little more. <br><br>Laguna de Apoyo is a fresh water lake in a dormant volcano`s crater. The land around it is a natural reserve and filled with tons of birds and howler monkeys. The school I chose is a actually ...