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Laguna de Apoyo sanctuary of stunning beauty

Laguna de Apoyo sanctuary of stunning beauty

Apoyo Lagoon Nature Reserve is a mostly undiscovered sanctuary of stunning beauty straddling the Granada and Masaya Departments. This pristine lagoon’s abysmal blue depths invite swimmers and divers, but mostly draws travelers to relax at its beach club along the rim...
Land of fire: the Sultan rising majestically

Land of fire: the Sultan rising majestically

At any point along Granada’s heat seared streets, Mombacho can be viewed rising majestically into the clouds. Today I climb it. A shuttle picks me up and stops for tour mates from Amsterdam. We drive six miles outside Granada and continue up the steeply pitched...
Pirates and volcanos in Colonial Granada

Pirates and volcanos in Colonial Granada

Outside Selina’s front gate, I hoist myself into the weather-beaten pickup bed of my 4X4 transport and brace against the twisting, spine fusing passage to San Juan del Sur’s terminal.  I’m dinged up from overworked rotator cuffs and bad wipeouts. The chicken bus...
Discovering the charm of San Juan del Sur

Discovering the charm of San Juan del Sur

The dilapidated ferry lurches along inky water back to San Jorge Terminal where Linda arranged for a driver to return me to San Juan del Sur.  Selina is a global network of interconnected hostels that caters to digital nomads.  Standard offerings include...
Mark Twain in Ometepe Island

Mark Twain in Ometepe Island

I blink and Christmas week is over.  I stand outside Dreamsea surf camp’s front gate.   I’ll cut across Nicaragua’s 12-mile beltline that separates the Pacific Ocean and Lake Nicaragua.   I’ll dog leg six miles to depart Port of San Jorge...