after this very ecological trip to ometepe it was time to get all un-ecological and go for our final destination: san juan del sur. this is a little town on the pacific coast of nicaragua, which used to be a little fishing village but nowadays is full of primarily american tourists doing surfing.
on the last day on ometepe marianne and camille managed to catch a cold, probably due to chilling in that lake for too long. according to them the sunset in the lake cocibolca was just amazing and so they refused to get out of the water before it was completely dark. well, with two mildly sick patients the choice was simple: take a taxi to san juan del sur from rivas. once here in this little surfing paradise it was at first hard to find accomodation, since it ranges from quite expensive to very cheap (and uncomfortable). in the end we did spot an ok place to crash and well the days spent in san juan del sur have been very tourist-like, full of bathing in the sea and enjoying those amazing waves. surfing classes as a recreational option were kind of omitted in the end, and we just did our best at sunbathing and swimming. at around 5pm we´d get our ice-creams and sit down to watch the sunset, which is just spectacular here. the richness of colours in the sky is just stunning.
san juan del sur is full of hotels and tourists, however, that is not a reason why they would not just randomly cut off electricity for some 16h on sunday. we were told that this happens due to some construction works nearby. well, makes sense, who needs electricity on sunday anyway?and quite naturally if you don´t need light you don´t need running water either. so, sunday was interesting in this sense. we thought that after all that time in remoted places we finally were in civilization, but well that doesn´t still mean that electicity and water supply can not be cut off any day. appearently it was worse still a couple of years ago.
our holidays are approaching their end, it looks like the sunny days for us are almost over, since according to the last weather forecasts miami is suffering from heavy rains and possibly hurricanes and weather in finland is getting in an autumn mood as well. today marianne and i are going to leave camille here for one more day and head to managua, from where our bus to san pedro sula leaves at 5am tomorrow and hence our long and tiring journey home is about to start. these last days in san juan del sur with all those relaxing activities (includes camille and marianne going out in the sea fishing with some local fishermen) are almost over and now it´s time to start thinking how to pack those machetes and rum bottles in the best and safest way, so that they actually make it all the way home and don´t decide to stay in miami.
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