Pacific beaches & departure

The last area visited in Costa Rica were the Pacific beaches on the western side of the Nicoya Peninsula. Without a doubt, very beautiful places, vast beaches, which despite the numerous resorts and promoted water sports maintain an authentic character. The area is very quiet and very safe, you can camp near the beach without any problem (camping on the beach is strictly prohibited in Costa Rica). It should be noted that there are numerous expat communities, especially from the USA. In some supermarkets (Walmart for example) over 50% of the buyers seem to be expats.

The last stop in Costa Rica was at Camping Cañas Castillo, where we spent two nights before crossing the border into Nicaragua. Although we had heard a lot of stories about how difficult it is to cross the border with your own car in Nicaragua, we cannot confirm them. In 2 hours and a quarter we finished the formalities, the border officers were as professional and polite as possible. A worker applying the entrance fee even charged us less (5 instead of 15 USD), saying that "the truck fee is 15 dollars, but your truck is small, so we only charge 5 dollars, like for a pick up truck". At the time of publishing this step, we are already in Granada, Nicaragua. Without a doubt, a very interesting city, in a country that, although devastated for decades by civil war, has made exceptional progress in terms of safety and tourist infrastructure. Two years ago we would not have thought that we would be visiting Nicaragua with our own expedition vehicle.Okumaya devam et