Met these kids Gillian -US and Swen - Germany in our epic bus adventure. I asked him, Are you traveling alone? "Well yes techincally, but you're never really alone are you?" And then he stuck with us for the rest of our trip in Nicaragua . =)
Ferry docks. Everyone travels for Semana Santa = huge crowds. That's one of those things you hear but don't really believe till you see it.
Opted for the back of the pickup - best view! and started on our spine crunching journey to the south of the island. The taxi driver took us to the wrong hotel, "because he had never heard of the other one" but it was beautiful so we decided to stay nonetheless.
We went for a swim in the shadow of the beautiful Volcan Concepcion, and relaxed by the dock for the rest of the evening, chatting with the other travelers and exchanging stories. There's almost a universal routine to it, which I can imagine gets tiring after a while, but for me it was still exciting: where are you from, how long have you been here (here at this hostel? here in nicaragua? here in this world? =P), what do you do?, where are you heading etc.
The next day a group of six plus our two guides Roberto and Saul set off for the 8 hr hike of Volcan Maderas. They lied when they told us it wasn't an incline, or that it wasn't challenging. haha. But having a 63 year old spritely guide bounding up the path ahead of you provides a wonderful incentive, and we climbed on.
Our sore bones dragged on the next day for a ferry ride back to the mainland, and then on to the colonial wonder of Granada!
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