After my time in San Juan del Sur, the next destination on my list was Tamarindo in Costa Rica. But before I could go surf at that beach town, I would do my first land border crossing at Peñas Blancas between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. When I woke up that Sunday morning, I was hoping… Read More »
At the start of the second week in San Juan del Sur, I ventured with several other travelers to this so-called air jump competition at this surf ranch. We took a shuttle from Hostel PachaMama and arrived at Surf Ranch Action Sports Resort. When we arrived, the event looked pretty shady. Since the place is… Read More »
After my first bad corporate experience and leaving Minnesota, I decided, to hell … I want to travel & surf somewhere new. First stop: Nicaragua. On my connecting flight from Atlanta to Managua, I met a college student returning home to Esteli. While we were discussing all things Nicaragua, he had asked me how well… Read More »
Well, I’m finally back from an awesome surf trip through Central America, and glad that I did it. Took me a couple weeks to come out of my “withdrawal mode“, and slowly realize I’m back in first world USA. With that said, apologies for lack of updates on this blog. I guess I was having… Read More »
I stayed at Casa Maderas for one night by chance in March 2012. The original hostel I stayed at was Casa Oro in downtown San Juan del Sur in southwest Nicaragua. Because Casa Oro fumigates the hostel (to spray with insect pesticides … for those like me that didn’t know what it meant), they moved people… Read More »
**Click here for post on where I actually traveled in Central America** So I bought my flight tickets to Central America. Time to surf and travel once more! This past January, I left Minneapolis after only less than 6 months on a new job, that simply did not work out. The “culture“, both the company… Read More »
