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We made it into Granada around lunch time; Juan-Carlos gave us an orientation tour of town showing the main points of interest, including laundry, internet cafes and cool breakfast places. Afterward we had lunch in a Mexican restaurant. After lunch … Continue reading
Today we left Ometepe with the early ferry, which turned out to be a smaller ship than on our way to the island – i.e. without a deck rail. We basically sat down on deck, waiting for the ship to leave. Once back on the mainland we continued to Granada.
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We had an early start this morning – the target clearly in front of us – all the way up Maderas Volcano – up to 1400 metres, over the rim of the crater down to the crater lake of this … Continue reading
Today was the day to say good bye to Costa Rica; we left the country and made our way into Nicaragua.
While getting into Nicaragua is a quick and easy thing for most nationalities, this is not the case for Ukrainians; it took the border officials roughly 2.5 hours to get their visa validated and finally stamping them (thus us) into the country; this was also giving us a hint of what was up to come at most of the upcoming borders on the trip.
Once in Nicaragua, we had some time to spare San Jorge before getting on the boat to Ometepe Island – this day’s destination.
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Today was our complete day in Monteverde; most of us decided to go for a canopy tour in the morning, thus spending the morning flying through and over the jungle’s canopy. As one can imagine this is a slightly wet … Continue reading
We left Fortuna in the early morning to catch a boat to get across Lake Arenal and then on to Monteverde, where we arrived in the early afternoon.
After a nice lunch, some of us decided to walk over to the butterfly farm to get an introduction to these animals – and insects in general.
We made it into Fortuna in the early afternoon of the 15th; after lunch most of us went for the jungle hike, volcano watching and hot spring option. The hike turned out to be a short walk for a person never been to the jungle before – the volcano was hardly visible due to clouds, meaning bad watching conditions (one cold not see more than a distant red glow in the clouds/ mist). Anyhow the hot springs were perfect – nice, warm, comfortable – a perfect place to end a day.
I spent the second day in La Fortuna going rafting – so good outdoor fun.
It was a cold mid-November day when I took a plane to fly over to Costa Rica to escape the November depression. I had two days to explore San Jose before my tour all the way up to Cancun started.
San Jose hosts a number of excellent museums displaying the history of the region.. Beside that, it is Costa Rica’s capital and center of administration without further big attractions.
