My husband, Sergey, and I got up at 4 a.m. Our breakfast was leftover pizza from the last night’s dinner. I was on edge and could barely swallow a cold slimy slice of pizza. Our guide, Luis, met us at the hotel at 4.45 a.m. and we walked to a bus stop. The first morning […]
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Nicaragua So the big climb was scheduled for the following day, Sunday. My husband and I had all Saturday for ourselves and spent it exploring the island. We began with a pool called Ojo de Agua or Eye of water. It is a natural spring pool filled with water from an underground river that comes
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Costa Rica On Friday, my husband and I left Playa Hermosa for Nicaragua. First, we took the bus back to Liberia where we changed to another bus to Peñas Blancas. This town is the official border crossing between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The border formalities for us were simple. We paid a small exit fee
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Playa Hermosa This 2-week trip to Central America covered two countries – Costa Rica and Nicaragua. My husband and I were going first to Costa Rica, then we traveled by bus to Nicaragua and returned to a different Costa Rica city to fly home. The trip was supposed to achieve two goals – to see
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