Happy Bday Sr. Squirrel, In Popoyo, caught cold

After a long long day of travel (10 min taxi to leon bus terminal, 1.5hr microbus to managua, 10 min taxi to other managua bus terminal, 1.5 hour bus to Nandaime, 3 hour bumpy bus ride from hell to Popoyo, walk 10 min)

from Leon to Popoyo, we were greeted by a good friend of our good friend Jarod, Jeff at Surfari Charters. He set us up in this beautiful house by the beach and fed us sashimi and cooked fish too. We woke up and agreed that this is a strange place. It is beautiful with a beautiful beach and estuaries and waves, but also strange in a way that is hard to describe. It is a mix of gringo developments and crumbly backpacker/surfer hotels and a few locals mixed in, but mostly just strange and beautiful.

Haley at sunset in Popoyo

I’ve had a small cold for the last few days, but nothing bad, and now I gave it to Haley. So now we are a both moving a bit slow, but we have the most comfortable pad in town, so at least we will be sick in luxury and not in some dirty hut somewhere. I did surf this morning too, which was fun.

popoyo beach break