After the Island being a bit of a let down, and not wanting to blow through Nicaragua too quickly, I decided to try another tourist destination.
There is actually another place in Nicaragua that I want to visit as well. Its called "Little Corn Island" off the Caribbean coast... Supposedly a nice little beach and diving place thats quite hard to get to so should not be overly touristified yet... But Im done diving for the moment so I wanted something else... Ill get to the island on the way back North (like Leon).
So, just before the southern boarder of Nicaragua there is a turn off to the Pacific coast and a town called San Juan del Sur... Its supposedly an up and comming tourist/surf spot... I decided Id go there and see what its all about...
Turns out that its Really Nice here!
Strange as it sounds, the place is actually very tidy... Almost no litter anywhere to be seen. There are about a dozen bars in town. There are also about a dozen surf shops and several motorbike and quad rental places. Plenty of restaurants from local style meals to western hamburger joints. But not a single "chain store" in town. The town beach is very nice too... Its light brown sand but not mud... and again, amazingly, there is no litter on it. There are a few dozen small boats and several yachts anchored in the bay and there are quite a few tourists about but it does not have the frenetic feel of a big resort. (Though high season has not yet started)
Id say its probably like Puerto Vallarta in Mexico was twenty five or thirty years ago.
It is definitely already a "resort" but its small and friendly still.
Its big enough though for things to be being done effectively... The local tourist businesses are doing a good job as far as I can tell. Their "products" are pretty good quality and are very cheap too... Its not like back in Lake Atitlan in Guatemala where its easy to come in and start a bussiness and out compete the locals... The competition here is far stiffer... They know what they are doing and they are doing it well.
Actually, I like it a lot!
Ill stay a day or so and then see how I feel, but I may stay here a week or more... Definitely some risk of "loosing my way" here ! :))))
