After a couple of days off in San Juan del Sur (miraculously avoiding the famous ‘Sunday Funday’ drinking session) we headed to what we thought might a border crossing on the coast of Nicaragua and Costa Rica (instead of Peña Blanca). This border crossing could have potentially saved us 40kms. Google maps seem to show…
After taking full advantage of every one of our six days on Ometepe, Eric and I headed to San Jorge to continue our adventures zig-zagging a long the Pacific side of Nicaragua down dirt roads, footpaths and immensely arduous cattle / horse tracks that were far harder than we anticipated. (Written from Costa Rica)
This post covers my experience on Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua (mid-November 2013) where I climbed and cycled around Concepción and Maderas volcanoes with Eric (written in Tres Rios, Costa Rica). After León, I stopped off at Miramar beach at Josh´s surf resort (awesome place over looking a world class surf break). It was flat…
This was an exellent hike which I did with some friends I met in Leon, Nicaragua (this written in Costa Rica). We did it without a guide and requires some navigation but you can find the GPX here. There are some arrows painted onto trees for half the hike but don´t follow them forever since…
EDIT: for additional information on climbing San Cristóbal volcano scroll down to the comments section. Writing this from Cabuya on the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. A lot has happened since my last post (I’ve passed through Honduras and Nicaragua and climbed another 5 volcanoes) but the last few weeks my progress has slowed due…
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