6000 miles in an MJ

[GonzoTheGreat]

We stayed in the Nicoya peninsula for a few days, in the same area as last year, then moved on to Nicaragua. The nature there is incredible, but the socialist dictatorship thing is a little spooky. There are flags of the Sandinista party EVERYWHERE, and they have a ridiculous amount of bureaucratic bull---- to enter and exit the country. Regardless, we enjoyed the people and the places. We stayed in Granada and Managua for a few nights.

 

 

Everything in that area is very volcanic with a few active, and a lot of dormant volcanoes. we drove up a crazy dirt road to the top of a caldera outside of Managua, which is some kind of state park. The grounds-keeper told us it's the "second-most dangerous caldera in the world." My Spanish is not good enough to clarify that detail, so I have no idea where that statistic comes from, but it sounds like if you swim in the lake, you die.  We did not confirm this fact in practice.

 

After that we went down to the Bay of Fonseca for a few days where there is another volcano, where you can see Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador from the top. We stayed in a little fishing community there where I was actually pretty shocked to find a disc golf course.

 

 

It would have been nice to spend more time exploring the country, but the protest-delay in Panama set us back a few weeks, so we had to hustle a little bit. Next up: Honduras.

 

10 minutes ago, Pete M said:

looks like you having fun though   

 

It's been a good trip!

[89 MJ]

22 minutes ago, GonzoTheGreat said:

I'm way past due for an update, so if people are still following along, I'll post some progress.

I’m still following along. I love these updates.