The Beach House San Juan

Caribian cruise onboard the "Liberty of The Seas" from Miami, Florida to Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas - Philipsburg, St.Maarten. - San Juan, Puerto Rico. - Labadee, Haiti. and back to Miami, Florida. Then 7 days in a rented house in Fort Myers, Florida

... Sur.  We spent 2 nights in San Juan Del Sur, just enough time to find out where to go for good surfing and beach atmoshere. San Juan does not offer surfing, but is kinda the hub where all the gringos go.  It has a little beach the harbours ...

... and umbrella and plopped down for the day, but as tempting as that was, my priority today was to see Old San Juan. So I took a short walk along the beach, then left the lovely sight behind to grab a Coke and snack from a nearby Walgreens. I found a bus ...

Sara showed Oscar and I around Old San Juan. I wanted him to see all the places we used to go to. Unfortunately Dad couldn't go with us because his toes were still trying to re-attache ...

... night.No air-con but otherwise perfect! We looked forward to cooking our own breakfasts and lunches for a few days. San Juan del Sur is a nice little beach town on the Pacific coast, about 30 minutes north of Costa Rica. We've spent the past couple ...

... day in San Juan before they began their journey South and eventually home to NZ. We had all agreed that a boat cruise around San Juan's beaches would be a fabulous send off. At 11am we boarded our sailing boat 'gypsy' which was quite small for our group ...

... this great historical city and Sheila says that it's her favourite place on the island and we got to visit her old school friend Naydi who has a fabulous apartment in one of San Juan's best streets. This little island has a lot to offer the ...

... that night. The following morning we all moved to the Yajure Hostel.  We spent 5 days just taking it easy in San Juan del Sur and going to the beach and reading and chilling by the pool. It is a great place to stay to take some time out from the ...

... to the these beaches, the first of which saw us almost missing our only lift back to San Juan meaning a night of sleeping on a deserted beach (not the safest option in Nicaragua). Playa Maderas and Playa Mathilda are both horseshoe shaped bays separated ...

... on a beach la playa grande and drank some great pina coladas out of pineapples. The next day we caught a guagua to Rio San Juan which is a sleepy little fishing town about 45 minutes from the hotel. We looked around the place, bought a few ...

... sporadically as 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 ...

... a champ he is taking it all on very well... We wheel and deal outside the airport for a cab for our 3.5 hour drive to San Juan Del Sur...the buses have stopped for the day so this is our only option...flashpacking once again but we have new blood in ...

... and fountains creating a beautiful setting with gorgeous ocean and mountain views. The Catedral de San Juan is the second oldest cathedral in the Western Hemisphere; contruction began in ...

... nbsp;      tour of the Maderas volcano -       checking out Santo Domingo beach -       Laguna Maderas -       San Ramón waterfalls ...

... in hammocks and swimming at the local beach.  We needed some serious R&R after the Osa Peninsula and we took the opportunity San Juan gave us to recharge our batteries.  We were also waiting for Jules to join us as he was still living it up ...

... year-old boy back in Georgia, USA living with her ex-husband and an 18 year-old daughter who was dating a Nica and living in San Juan del Sur. Lori lives alone now in a huge 6,000 square foot house which she said was only one driveway away from our ...

... and we were the only white people there, it was really hot and kind of wierd. We went back and got the bus to Rivas, then to San Juan del Sur and then a taxi ride to Playa Matilde as the note said. It took a few hours and the chicken buses in Nicaragua ...

Ok, so the delay in writing about San Juan is due to excessive partying... So heres a few highlights of what happened over our 10 days stay!! We arrived and stayed at Hostel Pachamama for 3 nights. When we got there we met loads of paople but got on well ...

... the border into Nicaragua. Travelling on an old yellow US School Bus. A familiar friend as the holiday went on. Ended up in San Juan Del Sur, old old port town barely touched by tourism. Lovely evening sat at a beach bar eatig lobster and watching the ...

... at Dreamcatcher house for the last five days and it's paradise!  We are right on Playa Madera, the most popular surf beach of San Juan del Sur, perched on a cliff overlooking the whole area!  All the food is locally bought, and made from ...

... a while. Then we headed out for round two in the sun, taking turns cooling off in the ocean. There are tons of waves on the beach of San Juan, and the water is quite shallow – so it was a lot of fun playing in them! Done with the sun, we meandered ...