Goodbye San Jose... however only for a short while!! This morning we packed up and left for La Fortuna. We were very La Fortuna to get a private minibus with air conditioning and all!! The drive took around a couple of hours...and was up and down some very windy roads. The drive was absolutely stunning. The land of green hills and healthy cows, which is a contrast to some of the anorexic cows we have seen in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. The other big ...

Today was a free day to spend however we liked in San Jose! A sleep in was so warranted. We slept in until about 7.30 which seemed like a lot later especially when we got up at 3.45 yesterday morning. Washing our hair was also a must. Initially I thought I was going to have to wash my hair in a cold shower (again) but was surprised that after I shampooed my hair the hot water kicked in, so I may have given my hair a second shampoo today just because I was act...

What a crazy long day. This morning we were up and ready to leave by 4.45am. I know 4.45 AM!!! We caught a minibus back to the ferry terminal to catch the first ferry out of Ometepe Island. I was anticipating the lake to be quite rough again today, but when we arrived it was as flat as a tack. Maybe I didn't need to take that seasickness tablet after all?! All on board the ferry set sail... and it was a nice flat ride across. The only annoying thing about ...

Today Mother Nature taught me a very valuable lesson...she will always beat you!! But even so... I had an amazing day!! This morning Kim, Barry, Joyce and I were picked up for our Ometepe Island tour. Our guide showed us on the map where he wanted to take us.... however we were very quick to let him know that we weren't interested in going to the island museum. One more day of looking at ruins or their associated artefacts may in fact kill me. Our guide was ...

Life as a traveller actually means that you need to travel, and today we did just that! We walked to the bus terminal this morning and caught a chicken bus to Rivas. I knew the chicken bus ride was going to be good today!! Firstly because I knew it was only going to be a couple of hours. Secondly, all the religious pictures of Mary and Jesus on the inside of the bus meant that god was also going to be on our side!! And I was right, the bus ride was good - we...