El Castillo, Nicaragua

... . There aren´t even cars here- there isn´t even a road except for the river. I am in a town called El Castillo on the San Juan river in southern Nicaragua. The river borders Costa Rica most of the way but right now we are just in Nicaragua. The town is ...

... crowded with people trying to buy tickets to El Castillo.  Our thought was to be in Costa Rica tonight, turns out El Castillo is in Nicaragua!  But the good news is that there is a cacao festival on tonight, yep that`s right - Chocolate! :)  ...

El Castillo is a site of historical significance in Nicaragua's colonial history, so much so that it appears on one of their banknotes. It was a Spanish fort that held its own during an attack by British raiders. The place itself is no more than a few ...

... and crap. Ended up having dinner with a Belgian who was cycling across Latin America and his bit of fluff that he picked up in Nicaragua. She was hilarious. She´d been living in the Costa Del Sol for 8 years but spoke no spanish. She had run a bar and ...