“Climbing the Volcano” Kylajo’s photos around San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua by TravelPod blogger Kylajo titled “Climbing the Volcano” Kylajo’s travel blog entry: “San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua is a lovely port town — interesting rock formation on the cliffs, newly built holiday homes on the surrounding hills. Driving through town, we saw the old church on the square and several refurbished hotels. “Sleepy” might currently describe San Juan del Sur … but probably not for long. The road — we were on a cruise ship tour bus with 60 others — from the coast to the main highway was terrible — full of giant pot hotels, etc. They say it’s because of the recent hurricanes, but, having driven in Central America before, I think it’s probably just like that. In any case, the driver spotted some howler monkeys — including a couple of babies — in the trees, so we were briefly distracted. Our guide gave us some info on Nicaragua: –Now has a liberal government who can monitor Ortega and the goings-on of those in power; –Currently, electricity is purchased through a Spanish company which has a monopoly in Nic. The gov’t hopes to break this contract and develop green energy, using the rivers and volcanoes; –Coffee is #1 export (and best coffee in world, natch); –There are two autonomous regions on the Atlantic coast, which are very inaccessible — later conversation revealed that much of the region can only be reach via airplane or boat). At the base of Mambacho Volcano, we …
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