El Salvador to Nicaragua

An early morning start to get a boat across to Nicaragua to avoid Honduras, as us Brits are not easily allowed to visit without a separate VISA. A very exciting start to the boat trip as we have to wade out a good 400m away from land through muddy waters up to the boys mid thighs (no moans at all 😂). We are all huddled onto a little boat packed full of people, but thank goodness the crossing across is very gentle, with a lovely view of many volcanoes, small islands and three countries…El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. 


After a few hours, we arrive at the Nicaraguan ‘border’, and we honestly feel like refugees arriving on a deserted beach! There are no signs of border control, apart from a small wooden table with ‘dodgy’ looking characters sitting behind it 😳. The dodgies hand us a form which we nervously complete, and then the dodgy-doods indicate that they want us to open our backpacks which they then proceed to rummage through! How funny border crossings are as you feel completely under their control. They then point us through to a small dilapidated building which is the immigration office 😂, where we wait for ages before being told that we owe twice as much as we should pay! Welcome to Nicaragua 🇳🇮. 


We jump on a bus to the nearest Leon where our immediate site is a whole load of cows and iguanas walking in the road! Despite the introduction to Nicaragua 😂, the initial drive through to Leon is very beautiful albeit very basic, with horse-and-cart still being used to transport local wares. 


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