Tamarindo was just as I had remembered it…just
with many more bars and a couple hotels in the town now. We actually ended up staying
at the same hostel in the exact room we were in 5 years ago which was really
cool. This place brought back a ton of great memories. Unfortunatly 5 years
later this place was much much more expensive to stay in so we could only
afford to stay for two nights.
From Tamarindo we said farewell to Costa Rica and headed for Nicaragua.
From Tamarindo we said farewell to Costa Rica and headed for Nicaragua.
Reunited!!
We stayed at a hostel called “Mama Sara’s House” after it was recommended to us by our friends Jody and Janelle (thanks guys!!!). I am so glad we were able to stay here because Mama Sara really was the sweetest lady in the world and made you feel right at home. She welcomed us with freshly squeezed lemonade and always wanted to feed us. She baked empanadas and made Nicaraguan dishes for us to try.
Mama Sara!
Mama Sara's delicious cooking
My liver took a beating over the week we spent here…I blame it on our American friends….and maybe the fact that a liter of Flor de Cana cost us only 6 dollars! We attended “Sunday Funday” which was a pool party pub crawl that consisted of a couple hundred backpackers pool party hopping. It was a great time. We also attended the Tuesday night pub crawl which was similar except it didn’t take place during the day and there was no pools involved.
Found a Canadian bar with ceasar's!
The many bottles of rum consumed
Sunday Funday
We met a ton of really great people here which probably helped making it one of my favorite places so far. The town was filled with Canadians!! We even met a really nice couple from Calgary. After spending a week here we were ok to move on and started heading north.
Our Calgary friends
After a very crowded bus and one bumpy ferry ride, we arrived in Isla de Ometepe. Ometepe is known for its twin volcanic peaks; Maderas and Concepcion. We rented motorbikes and rode around the island stopping to cool down at Ojo de Agua; a natural spring swimming hole with crystal clear turquoise waters. After two nights in Ometepe we headed to Granada.
Granada was a loud bustling city where kids would beg for food as you ate and the poor would beg for money on the streets. The one thing that really turned me off about Granada was seeing all the kids sniffing glue. We were warned about the “glue huffing” but it wasn’t until we saw them sucking on bottles filled with glue in the streets that it became a real thing. These kids were so high off glue they looked more like zombies. They even tried to pick Ben’s pocket but thankfully didn’t succeed. It was very depressing to see such young kids in such a horrible state. On a nicer note we did take a really nice day trip to one of Nicaragua’s natural wonders Laguna deApoyo, also known as the crater lake. It was pretty cool to know you were swimming inside the crater of a volcano.
From Granada we travelled to Leon another large colonial city. The place known for it's famous volcano boarding! Rated #2 on cnn's thrill seeker's bucket list which we can now cross off our lists!...stay tuned for details and photos.
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