CA-01Central America with a Canadian travel office Adventures Abroad
Date of travel: Feb 10 – Mar 4, 2001
This trip was to go also to El Salvador, but a strong earthquake there, while we were in Nicaragua, cut out our trip to El Salvador and extended our stay in Nicaragua.
ITINERARY:
On Feb 10 late drive in a rented car from Vista to Los Angeles Airport (LAX). On Feb 11 early morning flight via San Salvador in El Salvador to Managua in NICARAGUA. Our original itinerary between Feb 11 and Feb 17 unchanged visiting the country capital Managua, Park National Volcano Masaya, a historic town of Granada, a day trip by ferry to island Ometepe formed by 2 volcanoes in Lake Nicaragua, then in a resort at Pacific Ocean, followed by an old Nicaragua capital Leon. Wherever one looks in Nicaragua there are volcanoes and many are still active. On Feb 18 started a substitute program with a flight on a small plane with one propeller and wheels reminding legs of a mosquito from Managua across Lake Nicaragua to San Carlos, where the San Juan River starts flowing from Lake Nicaragua along the border of Costa Rica all the way to Caribbean Sea. Then by a narrow boat with an off board engine on this river several hours to a jungle lodge deep inside a rainforest. We spent 3 days taking canoe rides with local Indians here.
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