Sabalos Lodge Boca Sabalos

... Zoom Bar". I threw up a little bit after he left and felt much better:)

The next day we left Granada and were off to Ometepe Island! While we were searching for the bus station a young man ran after us and brought us to the bus leaving for Rivas, where we needed to go! the bus MUST have been waiting for us since it was supposed to have left 2 hours earlier and left minutes after we boarded;) We made a few friends on the bus, a dutch man and a wisconsonite ...

The last two weeks have been less awkward, less lonely, and more enjoyable than I originally expected. My town threw a party for my arrival where they slaughtered a pig and everyone gave speeches on how happy the community was to have a volunteer. At the party my biggest fear, of not being accepted, was mitigated. People greeted me with genuine kindness and asked tons of questions. There ...

Living on a Peace Corps budget isn't so hard. Although I do make a purchase every day of candies that cost 4 cents a piece, I have managed to stay within my budget. (I know all of my Peace Corps buddies will dispute that fact, but I am staying within my budget now). If I smoked I might buy cigarettes, but I don’t smoke. If I drank pop I might by a Coke, but I don’t drink pop. If I ...

... them a few years ago and now they are hondreds of them, all siting in or round the tree. Sunbathing, looking with cold eyes to all these stupid tourists looking at them. I wonder who is more interesting,

In Los Chiles there is a very small customs office where we have to show our pasports and get some stamps. There is even one computer.One officer works there and 4 lost tourists sweating.

The place is lively and ...

... hour boat trip away. From here weve been 2 hours away down the river, and one day was 2 hours 4x4 drive up a track, then an hour long trek to the rainfirest information centre. Back to proper civilisation tomorrow morning, 5am, when the ship docks!

... ATM machine at Los Chiles to make sure we had some cash, but unfortunetly the ATM was not working so we decided to risk it with the US$80 dollars which we had managed to get at San Jose. That was a nightmare the other day at San Jose as it was Sunday and most ATM machines had no money left in them so we could only get our hands on $80. (Note: these comments will make sense further along the story...) There was a slight delay leaving the port of Los ...

... so maybe next time... We are catching the 12.30 pm public boat bus to San Carlos which is 1 hour away down the river Rio Frio. San Carlos is the entry point for Nicaragua. Legally while we write this entry we are out of Costa Rica as we have our passports stamped with exit stamps...so for a few hours we are in no manīs land! Excellent! From San Carlos our plan is to get another ...

... There is no laundry in the town (or at least we havent found one) and after all the rain and mud of the previous days most of our clothes stink badly...more than the usual tropical stink! The hotel we are in is quite acceptable (if a bit run down) but again we have seen a couple going into one of the rooms for 2 hours and then leaving. They had no luggage and the corresponding sounds of "luv" were heard. It cant be that all the ...