Wooking Pa Nub In All Da Wong Pwaces

Leaving for Honduras tomorrow after 6 days in Nicaragua. We divided up our time between the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua and the beach town of San Juan del Sur on the Pacific Coast. Heading to the island of Ometepe we decided to ferry La Puta Madre (the car) over with us so we could cover more spots in less time. Unfortunately, our timing coincided with a tropical storm off the coast and we spent the majority of our time gettng wet. The first spot we tried to hit was the waterfall on Volcan Maderas. The weather was bad and our judgement was worse, so we ended up getting the car stuck for about 3 hours in the pouring rain. Luckily the locals helped us out and blazed a trail through a madarine tree farm and we were able to salvage the day and try again the following. We made it out with only paying 200 cordobas for some water pipes we broke and a couple lessons learned: 1) The rainy season...it´s very wet; 2) Driving up a mountain during a tropical storm is bad; 3) Relying on local opinion as to the driveability of local roads is a complete crapshoot. Heading to San Juan del Sur the weather improved markedly just in time to hit the beach and get some sun. Our first day we confirmed an earlier sighting in Costa Rica of the incredibly rare, though not-so-sought-after female dredlock mullet haircut. Unfortunately the specimen bolted before a clear picture could be taken. The next three days were spent soaking up rays, frolicking in the surf, and sweating ourselves to sleep at night.