My friends and I made it to San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua by 2pm on Saturday, March 27th 2010. We had left San Jose, Costa Rica the previous night at 11pm and it was supposed to have taken us 6 hours to get here.
I think the fact that it's Semana Santa and about half of Costa Rica is populated with Nicaraguans made it so that we came on the busiest weekend of the year.
We had to take a taxi from the town the bus dropped us off in- who knows what it was called, they were terrible at communicating what was going on- to San Juan del Sur. It took us 20 scary minutes to arrive as our taxi driver was very nice but slightly crazy. Along the way, we witnessed a dog almost get run over but with the luck of fate slipped right between the wheels of the one car and just had its tail grazed by the next before making it to the other side of the road alive! It was quite a disturbing but relieving sight.
The town we finally made it to, however, was well worth the wait. All five of us are staying in the Hotel Estrella at only $6 per night, with a view of the sea and less than 50 metres from the beach.
San Juan del Sur is small but quaint. The people are friendly but can be hard to understand as they eat up their words. One of its attractions is that it is not filled with tourists, which gives it a more traditional and uniquely cultural feel.
There are many restaurants and bars lined up along the beach, which seem like they would be a lot of fun at night! We almost found out just how fun the nightlife here was, until we fell asleep at 6pm after our dip in the cool and refreshing ocean at sunset.
I get a feeling today is going to be a great day...sunny, hot and filled with potential for an amazing time. After all, it can't be too hard to beat yesterday's shittiness... Here's to a wonderful day :)
I think the fact that it's Semana Santa and about half of Costa Rica is populated with Nicaraguans made it so that we came on the busiest weekend of the year.
We had to take a taxi from the town the bus dropped us off in- who knows what it was called, they were terrible at communicating what was going on- to San Juan del Sur. It took us 20 scary minutes to arrive as our taxi driver was very nice but slightly crazy. Along the way, we witnessed a dog almost get run over but with the luck of fate slipped right between the wheels of the one car and just had its tail grazed by the next before making it to the other side of the road alive! It was quite a disturbing but relieving sight.
The town we finally made it to, however, was well worth the wait. All five of us are staying in the Hotel Estrella at only $6 per night, with a view of the sea and less than 50 metres from the beach.
San Juan del Sur is small but quaint. The people are friendly but can be hard to understand as they eat up their words. One of its attractions is that it is not filled with tourists, which gives it a more traditional and uniquely cultural feel.
There are many restaurants and bars lined up along the beach, which seem like they would be a lot of fun at night! We almost found out just how fun the nightlife here was, until we fell asleep at 6pm after our dip in the cool and refreshing ocean at sunset.
I get a feeling today is going to be a great day...sunny, hot and filled with potential for an amazing time. After all, it can't be too hard to beat yesterday's shittiness... Here's to a wonderful day :)
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