Nica Surf

Well fans, friends, family, and strangers (i really wanted an f word for that but i just cant think of one, any help would be greatly appreciated and can be put in a comment below) i have made it to the land of the enchanted. Actually i have no idea what that means but i am chillin in San Juan del Sur. This is spot is as tranquilo as they come. We are staying in this place where the rooms were described to have balconies or bats. We lucked out i suppose and got the balcony but seeing as how the tops of the rooms are all open and connected I'm sure that the bats are there as well. The balcony is only big enough for 2 chairs so my bros and i have to take turns with who gets to sit out there. Luckily during the drinking of the Flor de Cana (Nica´s favorite and best and perhaps only rum) last night we lucked out for a bit and got the shared patio where we can all three sit. Also had to smuggle a bowl out of the kitchen to make some guac from the nice avocados we bought at the market. Didn´t turn out so well but it wasn´t my fault i just didn't have the ingredients. And the chips really sucked. A proper fish dinner made up for it though. They even shot off fireworks for us at midnight. Well i think it was midnight but i really haven't figured out exactly what time it is here. That whole not being able to communicate thing is pretty rough.

Getting here took another day on the bus and getting up from the hotel Elvis at about 5am. We missed or should i say were not allowed on the bus that we wanted since it was sold out and the rest of them for that day from the Transnica bus company. So Ashley valiantly hit the mean streets of San Jose looking for another bus that went over the border to Nica. I´m Nico so please don´t get that confused with Nica which is short for Nicaragua. Well, he found one and we all grabbed our packs and hustled over to the rainbow bus a few blocks away. I think it was called Nica Express and it might have been the coldest bus i have ever been on. AC in centro america is a good thing but whoa this was intense. So the ride was fine and i got some good reading in (finishing a whole economist i feel i know more about international affairs than i ever have before) and not much else. Getting into Nica was pretty intense with us all lining up and pressing a button to see if the stoplight lit up red or green. Seems like about every 6 people or so got the red light and they got searched. This seems to be a foolproof system that a drug smuggler would never figure out. Anyway made it through and up to Rivas and had my first Nica cerveza. Quite nice and only 13 Cordobas (exchange is about 16.5 to 1 US dollar) which i thought was a deal. Got a cab over to San Juan del Sur and here we are.

This is a surf town but you have to get a water taxi to the surf spots and then come back to town to tell all the stories of the day over the cheap but very cold beers. Today has been a bit rainy but it´s all just as well. Love it here. Would come back in a second and i already know that i will some day. You are all of course invited.