Planning a Trip to Nicaragua

A beautiful little fishing/surfers town. Nice place on the beach, coming up tourism, but still really pure. If you are here stay in arena caliente, it's in the same street as you get off the buss. Or find a nice cabinas. Arena Caliente is a great place, especially when you like surfing, a lot of local surfers are chilling here, so that gives a nice atmosphere. You get your own room for more or less 6 dollars a night. There's a kitchen and you share the toilet and shower. It isn't a new building, not for tourist with money or who likes luxury! So if that's where you're not looking for it's a great place to stay! In the night you have to go to the iguana bar or tsunami's! If they are closing you've still the sportsbar thats open, it's in the same street as the market(a great market with great comedores with really good food for a nice price!) You've also happy hours in la pelican, a really nice luxury hotel with a nice view, at wednesday and friday nights(maybe it's changed so ask the locals)! If you want to learn spanish as well, you can arrange this over there, i will recommend to stay at a host family so you will get to know the life of a nica family! I can't remember the name of the school but you have a really good school right on the beach for a good price! San Juan is a great beach place, to get in touch with the locals, learn spanish, to surf or learn to surf, and to enjoy the rum of nicaragua!

Take your own water, towels, toilet paper..... The food there is awesome, especially the pinapples!!!

If you ever stay in Granada stay at the Oasis hostel.  The dorms have big lockers with keys for a backpack and the hammocks on the garden patio are heavenly.  Free internet access all day.  Clean and safe.

Hostel Oasis Granada! I would highly recommend this place,. It has a great location, the place is gorgeous and clean, and safe. There is a kitchen for use, tv-area, hammocks, swimming pool, and free internet.

To cross the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica they collect your passport in the bus and ask for 3 USD.
Actually you can do all your formalities yourself and pay only 2 USD!

Take aboat over to Ometepe... definitely worth a visit and a climb to the waterfall... (second volcano)

a great place for chilling and planning some surfing around the corner.

beautiful caribic island ;)

Coming of the main road going straight to the beach, when facing the ocean, walk to your right for about 5-10 minutes and you will find a nice pizzeria, accesible from the beach.

Bring some type of towel when staying in a Hostel. Half the time they dont have any.