April 2006

NICARAGUA

COSTA RICA

April, April – I do what I want!!

After the usual 1 ½ hours border paper work and the first terrible kilometres I made it to Leon.
A lot of history and chaos try to combine here and the result is a relaxed, busy, big town.
Also the old and new, tradition and trend is well mixed.

Horse carriages are seen as well as fancy cars & fashion.
I explore a lot by walking and on a nice day I ride with Fusae to the beach.

What a surprise, Poneloya is great.

Totally nice beach, half-moon after half-moon bay, some rocks and hardly any tourist.

It is nice to explore at the clean beach and have a drink here and there.

The sound of the ocean get mixed with some music from the bar and maybe some working noises.

It looks like it is only a question of time till this little paradise changes.

From riding on the bad roads some parts of the motorcycle simply break.

Its easy to find a welding shop which does it immediately!

On the outskirts of Managua I ride my way to Granada.

Catch even the right road.

Many time I have to cross where to go.

It helps to orientate after the sun and maybe the direction of the wind than searching for signs ;o)

After some days in and around Granada we (Fusae, Moses and me) take the ferry to Ometepe.

At the ferry jetty beach is on Sundays a lot going on.

The boat rides to the double Volcano island is not a s bad as the roads over there.

About a quarter of the island roads are cobblestone and the rest...?!

The rest is more a track then something else. I make it to my accommodation and enjoy it TO BE.

I swim to a money island and have on the way back a yet with the fisher man.

At the hostel dock it is photo time with Fusae.

At the 5th day back to the mainland, I see one more historic interesting town which is changing to a tourist destination.

It is crazy, just cross the border and the wealth is smiling at me – I’m in Costa Rica.