We left San Carlos Thursday on a boat for Bartolo Rainforest Lodge. It was a 3'hour boat ride from San Carlos to El Castillo, where we got out and had a quick tour of the El Castillo fort that was built to protect Nicaragua from English pirates on the Rio San Juan. Then the people from the lodge picked us up in a smaller boat and it took 45 minutes to get the lodge.
It was a beautiful and relaxing place. We didn´t really have an agenda so we used our time to catch up on our journals and reading, finish our worksheets, and actually read for fun! Friday morning we left at 6 am for a 2 hour hike through the rainforest. I think we were making too much noise to see much, but we did see some cool frogs and turantulas.
Today included lots of travel time. This morning we left the lodge at 3.40 am in order to get to El Castillo to catch the 5 am boat back to San Carlos. So it´s been a long day! Some people from Self Help picked us up at the dock and we went straight to the airport, where we waited for our flight back to Managua. Willmer, our guide from Self Help, went to Managua earlier and met us when we landed. We rented a van and climbed an active volcano! Then we spent an hour back at the market in Granada that we were at last week before checking into our hotel here. Tonight we ate at an Italian restaurant and it was such a treat to have pasta instead of rice!
Tomorrow morning we leave bright and early for our drive to Ometepe, an island in Lake Nicaragua. We´re staying there tommorrow night before driving to San Juan del Sur, where we´ll be enjoying the beach and soaking in the sun until we head back to Managua Thursday night for our flight on Friday. I can´t believe we don´t even have a full week left!
Nicaragua Map
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