After El Coco Loco I found myself in a rental car heading for the southern coast of Nicaragua with two Californians, Ben and Barry. The southern parts of Nicaraguas pacific coastline is quite different from its northern parts. It´s far more developed and accesible, there is more money, more fancy resorts, and therefore more tourists. Nonetheless, the surfing is spectacular. The surfing lifestyle was a very good transition from El Coco Loco. Early mornings, acti...

When I was on dry land in El Salvador, done with getting bashed on rocks trying to learn to surf, I spent some time thinking and trying to figure out what to do with the last couple of months of my trip. I really wanted to prove to myself that I can be a decent surfer, I was running a bit short on time and was eager to try something new and I wanted to do something that could give me possibilites to travel and work later in life. Dive - Master training was tempti...

My road trip in the 1972 VW ended as I left Managua to go see Leon, a nice colonial city surrounded by stunning beaches and active volcanoes. I spent most of my first day just walking around the city, drinking delicious Nicaraguan coffee and watching the hordes of gringo-backpackers around town. Leons is a backpacker mecca, and still now in low season, it draws crowds of central - american travellers. Its biggest draws are the interesting history, as revolution c...

Good timing is always a travellers blessing. The proud owner of a 1972 VW van, Dave, had checked in to the brewery a couple of days after me and was now, just like me, heading for Nicaragua. A small crew rapidly formed and we were of towards the border after 6 days at the brewery. The van was obviously fourished for one person, but we managed to fit 4 people in it, myself, Dave, a canadian traveller who goes by the name Kyle and a german girl I just can`t r...