I decided to leave on the 5:30 bus to get an early start for my long day of travel. Unfortunately, the bus had another plan, and it didn’t leave until 6am. I got to San Miguel at 7:20, which was only 66% of the travel time it took in the other direction, so that put…
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Tica to San Miguel ELS, bus transfer to “Terminal” 20 cents, how to find bus to El Cuco, leaving immediately, tons of stops, ends in center, only hostel, only tourist in town, alone at hostel, German Nicole shows up, hostel review, town review, cocina, surfing lessons, food at Sofy & Pupuseria, use of Azul Surf…
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The Tica Bus from Managua, Nicaragua to Tegucigalpa, Honduras leaves at 5am daily and takes 7 hours, plus 1 hour for border crossing duties. The border crossing on an express bus is really quite simple: get off the bus, do your part, get back on the bus to go to the other side for their…
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My next plan was to go to Isla Ometepe, then Granada, then Managua in Nicaragua for going on to Honduras. After one last great breakfast together, I said goodbye to the Canadians and took the bus to Rivas. It was a bummer feeling. There are express buses from San Juan del Sur to Granada, at…
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San Juan del Sur is an awesome little surf town in the southwest of Nicaragua. Go there! It’s small enough that everything is within walking distance, and the prices aren’t bad. NOTE: the ATMs here are really strange, and some work for you while others work for your friend. There’s no real explanation for it….
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