Nicaragua is ... ok

Well, to be honest there's not a great deal to report from Nicaragua. We are still in Playa Guasacate - the beach is pretty beautiful (but not as beautiful as El Zonte). The waves are ok and there are a few other surfers here in search of waves... and that's it really, Nicaragua is ok! The food is reasonable, but there doesn't seem to be a main dish here, other than Galla Pinto which is rice and beans (and means painted rooster!). The majority of the food is fried and like I said it's...ok.

Because we had to travel an hour down the crappy road to get here we have stayed put and as a result we haven't seen much else other than the beach. There are a few other hostels along the beach and there are a group of us who go out for food on an evening which is nice, an Austrian, a couple of Aussies and another English bloke (there don't appear to be any girls here, just lots of surfing guys, which in another life would have been perfect!)

Charles arrived last night and so that's added a bit more sparkle to the day, he is staying in our room, so it's me, Sam and Will in a double and Charles in the single bed...all very cosy but he has been warned that he will be evicted if he farts and snores (he does both!) It's nice to see him though and hear about his filming in Nicaragua. For those of you who don't know he won a prize for architecture and is here to film sustainable living in Nicaragua but will be heading back home in a week.

It probably sounds like i'm moaning but actually it is very nice to just relax and do things we love doing like yoga and surfing, I actually have a few yoga recruits now who have joined me for a daily session on the beach (even sam gave it a go!) Sam's schooling is still going really well and he is voluntarily reading now which has NEVER happened before - here is a picture of him doing schooling just in case you don't believe me! His surfing is also coming on and he is losing his belly's, despite eating a massive chocolate pancake for breakfast every day.

The next plan is to go to Rivas (maybe on Monday) and book tickets on the Tica bus, maybe to San Jose in Costa Rica and then make our way to Santa Teresa, the problem is it's a long way and involves about 3 buses and a ferry...so we might get the Tica bus to Liberia in Costa Rica and then get to Tamarindo and make our way down the Nicoya peninsula to Santa Teresa. Anyway, before we leave we will probably visit Omatepe which is a beautiful volcanic Island and spend a couple of nights there as everyone has recommended it. It's actually really nice to not have a plan and say...what do we all want to do? Hmmm well let's just wait a few days and decide, all very laid back. Oh yeah and I have started to write a book - 1,500 words a day...you should all be very impressed!