Category: Nicaragua
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Goodbye San Juan Del Sur, heading back to El Transito, Nicaragua
Days 766-772! It’s finally time to head out from San Juan Del Sur and head back to one of my favorite hostels, Free Spirit Hostel in El Transito, Nicaragua. This week is full of surfing, hanging out with friends old and new, and a semi-stressful travel day! Hope you enjoy…
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A week of power outages and windy weather in Nicaragua
Days 759-765! Sorry for yet another late blog post. Unfortunately, part of living in tropical paradise is power outages. Fortunately I haven’t experienced many lately but this week was full of them. With all the wind we’ve been getting, the ocean has become very cold again and the waves not…
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Surfing waves and volunteering in Playa Maderas
Days 752-758! Another week down! It was another great week of surfing, hanging out with people at the hostel, and very much chilling out. The waves were starting to get better this week, which made the surf sessions a lot more enjoyable than they had been. The month of January…
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Learning to surf skate and volunteering at Hostel Clandestino in Playa Maderas
Days 745-751! After a wonderful week last week with my friend Anne-Sophie, it was time to dive back into hostel volunteering! This week I spent surfing and volunteering at Hostel Clandestino. I also picked up a new sport, surf skating!! Which I’m already avidly hooked on!! Thursday, January 15th begins…
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Spending the week surfing in San Juan Del Sur and starting a new hostel volunteering in Playa Maderas
Days 738-744! From hanging with a new good friend to starting a new volunteer gig in a beach jungle… I’d say it was a fantastic week. I got to hang out with my friend Anne-Sophie, who you may remember from a few weeks ago. After our wonderful time together, I…
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Surfing in El Gigante and heading back to San Juan Del Sur
Days 731-737! What a week! This week I finished up my time with my friend from home, Ryan! I then went to El Gigante to meet up with a newer friend, Bohdi, who I met in Gigante a few weeks ago. And to round off a fun week of sun…
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Hiking the second largest volcano in Nicaragua and spending New Year’s Eve in Nicaragua
Days 724-730! Wow… 2 years of traveling! I think technically January 3rd is the official two years, so maybe I got off my days from hopping time zones, but I’m not going back to fix that. So this is the official two year anniversary! Kind of fun that it’s on…
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Enjoying San Juan Del Sur with a new friend and having my friend Ryan join me in Nicaragua
Days 717-723! I had such a fantastic week. I left El Gigante and headed to San Juan Del Sur with a new friend. We ended up having a really fun weekend full of sunsets, good food, and surf. Then, my friend Ryan flew from the US to hang out with…
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Ometepe and El Gigante, finally back on the road in Nicaragua and surfing
Days 710-716! Yeeeeeew! It’s time to finally dive back into the ocean and get to surfing. After a few nights in Ometepe, I found myself back by the beach in a lovely little surf town called El Gigante. This town has an incredible vibe and I made really nice friends…
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Leaving the cold and back to the warmth! Hello Nicaragua (again)
Days 703-709! After finishing up a very nice trip visiting family, it’s time to head back to the warmth of Nicaragua! And let me tell you, it was a hectic start to this leg of the traveling. Not only did I experience many flight delays, the airline even lost my…
