We have been surfing hard in this little paradise and slowly building our surfing skills. I don't vomit saltwater and sand at the end of each session which means I'm improving. We have surfed at Remanso Beach and Maderas Beach and both have some good beginner waves. We have been surfing with Arenas Caliente and they are a good group of guys. Board rental and a pickup truck ride to the beach and back is $13 for the whole day, can't beat that. The other day I went out at 5am, surfed until 9, then had breakfast, and went out again at 11 until 5p. It was great, hit two different beaches and each one has little food stands where you can get $1 beers and quesadillas and stuff. The only drawback to surfing here and now is that it's peak season so the waters are full of Gringos, and like me, they don't know what they are doing. Many of them have longboards in excess of 9' long. When one of these comes out of a wave at you it's good. So not only do i have to watch what i'm doing, I have to watch what everyone esle is doing. But so far no major contusions are clashes with other surfers.
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| Surfboad racks are for wimps. |
There are also some good Yoga studios here so we can get the kinks out at the end of a hard day. Lots of great food here too, we frequent the Barrio Cafe for good coffee and breakfasts, the Black Whale for $1 mojitos at happy hour and it's also the home of the Black Whale monster burger that i ate the other night. It was massive.
I have also discovered the 'michelada' which is the illegitimate child of a beer and a bloody mary, thirst quenching and delicious and makes cheep beer very palatable.
El Colibri is the best place we have found though and tops all others. They serve Mediterranean food in a cozy garden that is an oasis of tranquility. I had the chicken curry the other night and it was off the charts. They also sell jugs of Sangria that will keep you smiling. Across from them is Alladins where you'll find Jed serving up strong coffee and cinnamon rolls in the morning. Jed has a colorful work history and will happily sit and tell you about the litany of highrollers, sheiks, and shananegans he has worked for all over the world. He has good insight to Nica culture as well. We are currently staying at Buena Onda Backpackers built by a frenchman in the eastern barrio of San Juan. It has a great view of the bay and wonderful breezes at night but the barking dogs and crowing roosters and squeeling pigs make sleep at night rather difficult. Best thing to do is exhaust yourself surfing and playing in the sun so you don't notice. They do tend to quiet down around 4am though.
We shall post up here until next Monday, Jan 2 and then head for Isla de Ometepe, a volcanic protrusion in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. There we shall rent a motorbike, circumnavigate the island and climb a few volcanoes.
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| Poaching pooltime at Pelican Eyes Resort |
2 comments:
We speaka da same language my friend. Pool poaching, yoga, cheap drinks and good eats is where it's at! We got some barking dogs, crowing roosters, mariachi bands and bass boosting ranchero music but no squeeling pigs. Keep living the good life and we'll try to hold down the nursing profession while Ang is away.
There are certainly several uses for a truck rental service aside from moving lots of things around from one location to another.
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