The overnight ferry from Ometepe was carrying heaps of plaintains freshly cut from the farms on the island
Arriving at El Castillo by boat
Karen checking out the museum at the castle
The castle
The soldiers could see pirates coming from far up and down the river and the rapids made it difficult for anyone trying to get up or down the river
One of the many canons used to bomb ships
16 November 2009
Everything in our trip has been starting to repeat itself so we decided to try something different. After an overnight ferry across the lake to San Carlos we caught a boat down Rio San Juan to a big castle in El Castillo. The castle dominating the hill overlooking the biggest rapids on the river were used to fight off pirates heading up from the Carribien. This massive stretch of water was used for transport throughout Nicaragua and was almost made into a canal for passage between the oceans instead of Panama canal.
The coolest thing was our hostel. It was actually held up by posts over the river so I threw my rod basically out of our bedroom window on the second storey and had a fish haha. I joined the locals kids drifting down the river several times and we just chilled out in the middle of nowhere.
No comments:
Post a Comment