Back from Nicaragua
I should have taken a taxi directly out of Managua. Pretty much nothing there.
Granada is cool.
Ometepe might be my new favorite place in the world. Ometepe seems like a place you could hide out if you were running from the law.
San Juan is a good spot as well. I actually stayed in Maderas which is about 20 mins into town. It's pretty quiet but close to Playa Maderas where I took some surfing lessons. Was a pain to get into town for fishing on Saturday. And the roads around Maderas are dirt and then mud.
It was supposed to rain all week but other than evening thunderstorms since its' rainy season the weather was fantastic. Mosquitos are a big time issue and the govt fumagates like crazy. It smells like diesel exhuast all the time
Things are cheaper than CR but not exactly dirt cheap. Beers are a tad over a dollar. Credit card use is few and far so lots of cash but there are ATMs even in little Ometepe. You can get local or they will actually spit out USD
People are really nice and I felt completely safe
Nicaragua is going after the digital nomad business.
They are building a Freeway from Costa Rica to El Salvador. The say it will be done next year but lol. That's ilke saying 35 will be done tomorrow
This is now a top 10 country for me. I'll definitely go back. As someone said about it's still got some massive infrastructure issues. Lost power a few times but usually not for long.