San Juan del Sur is a vibrant beach town frequented by sunbathers and surfers. Lots of choice for sleeping and eating. We have booked three nights at the Sunset Hotel and manage to negotiate a free upgrade to the only room overlooking the promenade and long sweeping beach. Lots of restaurants along beach front with a nice promenade back to our hotel at quiet end of town. There is a Christ the redeemer-like statue overlooking the town, not quite Rio de Ja...

We  get  tickets for the ferry $C50  (£1.37) each back to San Jorge. There are a lot of passengers crowding to get aboard but nobody is ever turned away from Nicaraguan transport.  The vehicle section is full and all  three decks are  packed with passengers. We squeeze on to the top deck which has seating for 30. I stop counting passengers when I reach 60.  Fortunately it is a smooth crossing and none of the two available  life jackets to be shared by th...