Nicaragua!

Hey everyone,

I´m currently in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. I made it here the other night, when my original plan failed thanks to the bus company in Costa Rica. First of all, the bus didn´t leave until about 40 minutes after it was supposed to. Second of all, we were held up for about 45 minutes (and even went BACKWARDS!) after the driver broke the windshield after driving into a tree branch...

We got to the border crossing by 5:30, and by this time there were no more buses anywhere. Fortunately, I had met a couple from Seattle, and they were heading to San Juan del Sur. I figured it would be safer to tag along with them, and it worked out cheaper after we split a cab. We were also traveling with a pair from Norway.

We got to the hostel, went to dinner, and then hung out for a while.

My original plan was to leave straight for Granada yesterday, but I figured that, since I haven´t been to the Pacific coast of anywhere during my travels, I would stay for the day. Unfortunately, much of the day it rained like hell, so we basically just spent the day hanging out, and when it wasn´t raining, walking around. It´s a really cool looking place. Very touristy, but this is one of those places where it´s touristy for a reason. It´s been pretty fun. The SEattle couple is very nice, and I´ve had a bunch of chances to practice my Spanish helping them out, since they don´t speak any.

Today I plan on getting some souvenirs and then heading further north. I got in contact with the Austrian couple from Leon, so I´m looking forward to meeting up with them again later this week.