Home Sweet Home

Casa Azul: Home Sweet Home!












La Playa en San Juan del Sur

We have finally arrived in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. We left the beach in CR around noon and had a friend drive us to the border. It is MUCH easier to cross the border by foot than to take the Nica or Tica Bus. When you take the bus they make everyone get off at the one border, collect everyone's passports and then reappear in several HOURS! Meanwhile you sit there and contemplate what to do if you never see your passport again...is it possible to live on the border in no mans land?? But then they finally come back, return your passport, you get back on the bus and drive 100 yards, only to do it all over again at the entering border. HOURS!!!!!!!!! On foot it takes 20 minutes!! That's it!!!! So we got dropped off at the CR border, checked out of the country, walked the 1/4 mile to the Nica side and checked out (with minimal harrassment) and then jumped in a $20 taxi to San Juan del Sur. When we arrived it was POURING rain. We did not want to walk around looking for an apartment that night, so we got a room (with the help of Amy's Nicaraguan family) and went to sleep. In the morning we dropped Elyza off at her surfing lesson and spent the morning and afternoon looking for a house. AND we finally found one. We stayed one night in the Casa Verde above and we are moving into the Casa Azul today. It is a three-bedroom house with a bathroom and laundry. We have a balcony and a view of the ocean. Last evening we sat on the balcony and watched the Nica's play a great game of futbol while drinking our Nica beer. Today it is raining again (a big surprise for the rainy season) and we are headed to the beach in an hour for surfing...the rain should stop by then. Elyza and I are taking Spanish classes together on the beach. It is $8/hour for the Spanish class, so we will take a 2 hour class each day until we leave, which should help tremendously with my confidence. JUST when I thought I was done doing homework for awhile! I will post inside home pics when we get them. Surfs up....gotta go!