This morning i have booked myself a tour of a coffee, cocoa and sugar cane plantation. We have a great guide who speaks very good English and he has a cheeky sense of humour as well. As we move around the plantation we learn the process for growing, picking and processing all 3 products. Obviously they are quite different. The pod on the cocoa plant contains many cocoa beans inside which are encased in a fruity tasting pulp. Before the beans are dried they a...

Well if I thought getting into Nicaragua was an interesting experience, getting out of it took things to a whole new level. We caught the ferry from Ometepe Island back to the mainland and about an hour and bit later we were at the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border. We couldn't take our bus into Costa Rica so it involved walking across the border to catch a new bus. Not as simple as it sounds. As soon we got off our bus it was absolute chaos. We were swamped by s...