Surfer Dudette

Last weekend I went to San Juan Del Sur with my neighbours. San Juan is a fishing village, surfer hangout and a beautiful beach area on the Pacific coast of southern Nicaragua.

Inhabitants make their living fishing, diving, and catering to tourists. It took us 3 hours to get there by jeep (including stops). The town is small with everything you need located in walking distance from the main beach area. We enjoyed great seafood. We rented boogie boards and also hired an instructor for surfing lessons. What a blast! Our instructor would get us positioned (laying down) on the board and then after the wave crashed would let go while we tried to quickly jump up and balance as the wave took us into shore. I managed to stand up and balance about half the time...it would be hilarious to have it all on film. I couldn't help laughing when the others fell or got overwhelmed by the waves! Very good fun but the sun was hot and I got a nice, red back. It took 3 days before the pain subsided. Oops!