Now I am in Leon. I arrived Yesterday and already got new recommendations where to go next. There is a nice Hostel at northern End of Nicaragua, called Rancho Tranquillo. But first I have to go to town, visit the cathedral (looked very nice from the taxi I took from the busstop into town (30 Cordoba = 1,5 USD). The travel was relatively easy: direct bus from San Juan del Sur to Managua (50 Corboba = 2,5 USD) at 5:55 am (but that was no problem to get up early, I was awake due to a guy snorring like a Truck with broken exhaust system. In Managua I had to switch bus terminal by taxi (80 C/4 USD) an chicken bus to the busstop Leon (the bus went further to Chinoega) (152 Corboba = 8 USD because they charged 100 extra for the board).

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I`m still not sure where to go next. But I wanna leave today. Yesterday I went to Playa Remonso south of San Juan del Sur just to see a different beach. it was worth it just for that reason. The whole bay is a resort with a hotel but also holiday homes. There are also lots for sale. Developement is fast here in Nicaragua and some of the appartment houses look a bit displaced but they so far have avoided the awful high storey concrete blocks. Some of the developments are nice Finca style buildings.

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It is a bit strange to surf on christmas day in warm water, but defenetely a good idea to celebrate. But I was not alone with that idea. There were locals, lots of Americans on Christmas holiday (some owning secondary homes in Nicaragua) and other tourists. That meant a lot of beginners and they often don´t know the surfing rules. But in total it was a mellow vibe, everybody enjoying sun surf and life. Unfortunately the surf is small, but I got some good waves with the fish. It was a good day to learn to make speed on the wave and thiswise my surfing improved a lot. When I came out of the water, I notized thatone fin was bit loose. The fin plugs were cracked – shit. So now the Board is at the local repairman who understood (hopefully) thtat he has to use epoxy resin, when inserting two new plugs. I was a bit worried, that the shops aren´t open today, but it seems like a normal business day, many shops are open and there is activity even on construction sites.

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Feliz Navidad.

I am just in the process of awaking and recovering from a great Christmas Party. The day I took again the shuttle bus to Playa Maderas, where there was very small surf, but as always (or at least 300 days/year) offshore and clean conditions. The main peak was crowded and so I went to the side were was an occasional left, but I had it for myself, but the waves were reall small and it was quite difficult to maintain the speed needed not to sink down. I wished I had a Longboard.

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…were two large Macquarel.

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