Remembering my adventures
GENERAL NOTES MONEY: It is wise to bring a good supply of cash. If you can get their local currency at home that's great. However, if you run short it is sometimes cheaper to go to the money exchange rather than an ATM. Some ATM's charge crazy commissions. I have paid as much as 10%... Continue Reading →
March 21-28, 2024 The bus to Panama left the San Jose terminal at 11:30 pm. I don't know what it is with these Latin American bus lines, but they run the air conditioning so cold there were people with winter coats and hats. The windshield was fogged up and he kept having to turn on... Continue Reading →
March 12-16, 2024 La Viento The Lonely Planet advised to enter San Jose then to leave quickly as there is nothing to see or do here. I disagree! There was lots to see and do! We took a bus from Monteverde to San Jose. It was pleasant enough ride, as it was a proper coach... Continue Reading →
FEBRUARY 21-23, 2024 We walked our bags down the end of the dead end street where we had originally got dropped off when we got to San Juan del Sur. As luck would have it, a taxi was dropping someone off just a few houses down. He backed up and I asked him how much... Continue Reading →
February 12 – 16, 2024 Gus had taken us to an express bus to Granada. We said our goodbyes and promised to keep in touch. As typically happens, the bus people hurry you onto the bus like there is an Apocalypse about to happen. The man said it was 400 Nicaraguan dollars. (almost $15 CDN)... Continue Reading →
January 31 – February 5, 2024 We took a chicken bus to Managua. We had some lovely views of steaming Volcan Momotombo. It was this volcano's eruption in 1610 that caused Leon to move to its current location, 48 km (30 miles) to the west. It erupted again in 1886 and most recently in 2016.... Continue Reading →
January 23 – 26, 2024 We got to San Salvador and were pleasantly surprised at how nice our guesthouse was. It was spacious and squeaky clean. Sometimes the reviews on Airbnb are not accurate, this one was perfect. It had a dining room with a huge tree growing in the middle of it. We had... Continue Reading →
January 19-23, 2024 Getting to Suchitoto was an adventure in itself. We had gone to where a bus stopped the day before we were to leave. We like to scope out things like this early. The bus driver told me that we had to go back to Santa Ana in order to get to Suchitoto.... Continue Reading →
January 9 – 14, 2024 We took a private shuttle van to El Salvador. The idea of a long and crowded chicken bus in 33 degree weather was not appealing. The driver wove between cars, tuktuks, and semi trucks quite skilfully, but between the swerving and the heavy foot and last second braking, it left... Continue Reading →
December 29, 2023 – January 3, 2024 In Placencia we took a taxi to the ferry. It was basically a pounded out dirt road to a large boat, that didn't look like it would pass any safety regulations in Canada. We paid our $78 CDN fee for the 4 hour boat ride. While we were... Continue Reading →
An Old Lady with a Backpack 