America Del Sur Hostel

... halloween.  Quite the experience to witness!! December 8th we headed to Managua, back en route to our original destination of San Juan Del Sur.  We spent 2 nights in San Juan Del Sur, just enough time to find out where to go for good surfing ...

... we drove. A few hours later we arrived in Rivas where we joined with a couple of other Americans to split 2 taxis to San Juan del Sur for $3 a person. Our taxi however took the back way so he could stop home and drop some things off to his family. So ...

... Eyal as they headed off to Leon whereas the rest of us clambered into a taxi going in the direction of San Juan del Sur. The journey lasted around 45 minutes and went through some forestry area until out of nowhere Nicaragua’s premier seaside ...

Finally dragging ourselves away from the beaches of Tamarindo, we headed on to...the beaches of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua (it certainly is a hard life travelling in C. America!). Having been told nightmare stories of the Costa ...

... people constantly trying to sell you stuff but other then that the trip was ok. I made it to my destination (San Juan del Sur) at about 5pm and started looking for somewhere to stay. An English couple in San Jose reccommended a place called Arena ...

... our friends from Diablo met us in Pedrera, where they serenaded Jay for his birthday.  Thanks again Kevin and Kyle Mason del Sur (Faustino)!  One last notable thing about Uruguay was the matte obsession.  We´d heard about matte, a ...

... the beach with maybe a party place or two thrown in.  We got it.  As soon as the chicken bus rolled into San Juan del Sur I liked it.  The first thing I saw was a little toddler "sweeping" the floor of his house, too cute for words.  ...

... on the edge of the vent that you looked down into about 100ft below!! After Granada we headed back down South to San Juan Del Sur to meet Raech's brother Benny and his girlfreind Jo.  The day before they arrived we went to a nearby beach called ...

... on Saturday night and we had a great time chatting in Spanglish. Sunday we took a collectivo taxi with another couple to San Juan del Sur, our last stop in Nicaragua. We found a guest house then went in search of a company that works with the La ...

... from around the world. Hence it's probably the closest you get to a beach resort town in Nicaragua. 10km north of San Juan del Sur, only reached by boat or a bumpy ride along a muddy track, I once again find myself close to paradise. Playa Majagual ...

... we did get picked up and managed to make the 12:30 ferry. After getting a collectvio (shared taxi) to San Juan Del Sur we settled into a small hostel and when I finish writing this I´m going to go surfing for the first time. I think this tropical ...

... . Besides you can`t walk anywhere in Central America without bumping into a volcano. My first port of call was San Juan del Sur: a cute little surftown filled with tourist, surfers and surfer wannabe`s. I met two Dutch girls, Katja and ...

I arrived yesterday in San Juan del Sur to find myself embarking on what would be a very sweaty and crabby search for a hostel that had been recommended to me by my new friend Roberto. After half an hour or so of lugging around my rucksack I abandoned ...

... .  Receiving well wishes from everyone at Casa Maderas, we continued to wave goodbye as we headed down the road to San Juan del Sur. We pulled into town shortly before lunch and set up on the street next to Casa Blanca Hotel.  We had spent ...

... This smooth to rough, to smooth again pattern continued for the entire 18 kilometres.  By the time we reached San Juan del Sur, Geraldine was exhausted from hanging onto the door handle. The day was not the sunniest, so we opted to head ...

... Sur. "San Juan del Sur is where God lives" is what a friend told me before arriving, and I'm inclined to agree. San Juan del Sur is a small fishing village on the south west coast of Nicaragua. This town is chilled out in the most relaxed form of the ...

... have come back on. Tomorrow we will be very sad to leave Nicaragua as we head to our next destination, Costa Rica. San Juan Del Sur and Ometepe were great areas to visit but they could not match the brilliance of Granada in Nicaragua and so we will award ...

... one. As the boat cruised back in we got to enjoy a great sunset whilst enjoy our cold beers. 03/08/11 Deciding to escape San Juan Del Sur for a few days me and Chris left and made our way to Ometepe Island. Ometepe is a beautiful island made up of two ...

... Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the hemisphere (after Haiti?) but allegedly one of the greatest in Central America for travellers. We arrived here in San Juan del Sur after 8 hours on 3 buses and 2 cabs. The trip was fine until I started to ...