After climbing the volcano, we headed to the surf beach San Juan del Sur, where we did some swimming and watched the sunset. We did a trip to another good surf beach called Playa Maderas up the coast. There were some…
Nicaragua – Isla de Ometepe
Nicaragua has the largest lake in Central America, Lake Nicaragua. Ometepe is an island that consists of two volcanoes rising out of the lake. The biggest volcano, Concepción is 1,610 m high, and with a height of 1,394 m, Maderas is the…
Nicaragua – Granada
After Little Corn Island, we met our friend Wanda. She landed after a flight from London, in the capital city Managua. There isn’t much to do there, so we left the next morning and went to Granada, the old capital,…
Nicaragua – Little Corn Island
Beware – The following images may offend! On the Caribbean coast off Nicaragua is a small island called Little Corn. It is basically, pretty near to paradise. We stayed there for six nights. The images say it all. We had…
Nicaragua – Léon
We reached Nicaragua after getting a shuttle bus from El Salvador, heading straight through Honduras. Did not stop in Honduras, it is not the safest place in Central America, in fact it does have San Pedro Sula the murder capital…
El Salvador – El Cuco
Next stop, and about time, we headed back to the beach. To get to the beach involved a crazy four chicken bus extravaganza across El Salvador. El Salvador does not see too many tourists so there is one way to…
El Salvador – Ruta de las Flores
Whilst in El Salvador we headed up north to Ruta de las Flores, a route of tiny towns that are known for gastronomic markets, coffee and art, perfecto! The first day we were there it rained, what else to do…
El Salvador – San Salvador
We arrived in San Salvador on a posh bus with better facilities than the UK. The driver and helpers got us through customs from Guatemala, so easy. We didn’t even have to get out of the bus. We then spent…
Guatemala – Antigua
Our last stop in Guatemala was Antigua. An old colonial town that used to be the capital, before a series of earthquakes destroyed it and the Spanish moved the capital in 1776 to Guatemala City. It’s a very nice town…
Guatemala – Lago de Atitlán
After our two weeks Spanish course, we needed a rest, so headed to a beautiful place called Lago de Atitlán (Lake Atitlan). We stayed in a nice bungalow on the slopes of a mountain with great views. There are three volcanoes on…