Hotel Victoriano

... town more than we were able to before.  As soon as we checked into our base hotel for the next four nights, Hotel Victoriano, we found the closest pizza place.  Wood fired four cheese pizza with a cold beer at a beachside restaurant never ...

... For two hours we sat there and ate and drank and it cost us less than $40.  Once we got back to the Hotel Victoriano, our driver Sergio and guide Raymundo were waiting for us.  The service we’ve received from Adventure Life and Careli ...

... sits the Playa Hermosa Surf Camp, which was our base for the day.  The Surf Camp is newly opened and consists of a "hotel" of dorm rooms, hammocks, an outside bar and grill, and endless waves.  Our instructors Saul and Roberto led us onto the ...

... into a large natural pool. The water is crystal clear, quite warm, and great for a refreshing swim. We eat lunch at a hotel on the beach. A nature walk through the property in search of monkeys brings us to a lagoon where some men are casting their ...

... guard who collects $2 per person to enter the site.  Under the statue is a church.  When we got back to the hotel we enjoyed another Nicaraguan breakfast, though this one did not compare to the others we’ve had.  After some pool ...

... area. A couple of guys go to the nearby town of Riva. Others go into town and later to a fabulous lunch at the most expensive hotel in the area. I visit with my local tour partner, make plans for the future (yes, we will be coming back soon), and have a ...

... as the lights of Madrid started to sparkle. After a cup of jasmine tea in a beautiful art deco tea room I made way back to my hotel - grabbing a take away salad for dinner. Tomorrow is Toldeo - one of the main Jewish centres of Spain pre expulsion. ...

... rise and quick brekkie preceded the strenuous lugging of my now overflowing backpack and rucksack back to the jetty where I joined Victoriano and the captain of my new vessel in the sacred ritual of Coca chewing, which initialises every voyage across ...

Nicaragua is certainly the place to ring in the New Year. It's not exactly Times Square but it’s close.  We intended to "pace ourselves" through the day so that we could make it through midnight but it’s hard to do when the beach is ...