Currently I am on vacation for 15 dias. It is basically Costa Rica’s “winter” break. Since Costa Rica is far to expensive to travel for any extended period of time on a volunteer salary I joined a group of seven other intrepid volunteers to head north into Nicaragua.
Our trip started with a ten-hour bus ride from San Jose, Costa Rica to Rivas, Nicaragua. The trip was largely painless except for about a three hour wait crossing the border. Once crossing we were immediately struck buy how different Nicargua is from Costa Rica. While Costa Rica has the highest per-capita income … (Read more)