We left the city of Managua for the coast...we didn't know much at all about where we were heading, only that we wanted to go to Popoyo-nicas most famous surf break. we expected there to be a town etc etc. called salinas there. we got on a bus for $3US which took us two hours south to a town called Rivas. from rivas (we arrived at pitch black and heard the town is dodgy!) we quickly got hustled into a taxi who charged us a craaazy $80 US to drive us the rest of ...

Today I am writing to you from Nicaragua, ive titled it salinas but its not...its meant to be managua still, i dunno how to change it....!. We have spent the last few days getting to know this bizarre and unique country. We spent the first day at a camp type place which was with a bunch of people who are from Portland in the USA. These people were all about my age and were friends with the people who started the process of building an orphanage in Nicaragua. At ...