Back from Paradise
At last...made it to paradise. After hurricane Wilma stopped a visit to the Caribbean coast off Mexico and the tropical storm hung over the coast of Honduras last month, it was a huge relief to reach Little Corn island and see the sun shining. The island is about 100km off the east coast of Nicaragua and is only 3 square km with no roads. It was so worth the wait to get the Caribbean holiday of my dreams.
Even though the island was so small, there was lots to see and do for 11 days (originally planned 7 but that just wasn't enough in this tropical paradise). The snorkeling was the best I've ever done as the reef is shallow and visibility excellent. Turtles, nurse sharks, eagle rays, barracuda, sting rays, whole families of parrot fish. Angel fish, and amazing fire coral were just some of the things seen. The only downside was getting a bit see sick from the swell of the water....small price to pay for such beautiful underworld scenery though.
I met a fantastic group of people, mainly from Canada, Denmark and Australia and so time was filled building fires, cooking fish, having a lobster dinner for $8, treks to the north end of the island for a home cooked Italian feast, watching the hermit crabs at night, seeing the moonrise out of the ocean, having a pancake breakfast at Casa Iguana with an amazing view, fishing for red snapper, watching shooting stars, ....oh and sunbathing and reading.
The accommodation was basic and rustic, but had a hut on the beach for $5 a night...not bad at all considering it's the Caribbean. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone who is thinking of visiting central America...but sshhhh, don't tell too many people otherwise the tropical paradise may become too overrun with tourist hotels etc.
So now I'm back at the Laguna de Apoyo still chilling out and deciding where the next destination will be. I've become trapped by the sunbathing and reading routine and need to get moving again before I become too lazy. Although 8 books in 2 weeks isn't bad.
1 Comments:
Very Jealous! Souns exactly what I need right now.
Hope all is well - sorry haven't been in touch much - such a lazy cow!
Becs
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