I didn’t have the time to think much. The San-José-bound bus was about to leave. “How long to Puntarenas?” I asked the grumpy driver. “Tres horas,” he said. I mentally completed the sentence: “… Más o menos.”
Posts tagged Nicaragua
A Day With Strangers – People You Meet on the Road in Nicaragua
I wanted to spend the day in the city to spend my last cordobas and buy a few stuff. Fortunately, I sat by a Nicaraguan university student in the chicken bus and I was happy to help him “practise his English” for most of the trip.
Exploring Isla Omotepe.. And Doing It Right
That was my plan: hop onto the chicken bus with the bike (the best part with these buses is that it’s completely normal to bring along a bike, a chicken, a cow or huge bags of frijoles with you), get off at El Quino, bike the four kilometres to the beach and then bike the 25 kilometres back to town.
Isla Omotepe, Nicaragua – Where I Realize I Am Not Tour de France Material
I can’t drive a motorbike so I rented a bike for $5. My plan was to get to Altagracia, the other town on the East part of the island. Sure, people told me I was crazy
Isla Omotepe, Nicaragua – One Island and Two Volcanoes
Isla Omotepe is a pretty unique place: formed by two volcanoes, it rises on Lake Nicaragua. Why did I even hesitate going there? Right, because I was afraid to be stuck on the island without accommodation. Well, I’m glad I made the trip—it’s awesome here.
San Juan del Sur and the Pacific Side in Nicaragua
Everybody had told me to go to San Juan del Sur. “It has the best beaches!”, I heard over and over again.