How’s the surf in that little known place called Nicaragua? What? you ask, man? I thought you were surfing in Belize? Yeah, man, I was in Nicaragua, Central America, somewhere between Mexico and Panama. I’m sort of a free wheeling guy and I didn’t feel like going back so I checked out the transportation systems and ended up taking a bus and then another bus called Tico Bus which runs up and down Central America, three times a day and it’s really cheap. Thought I’d go with my surfing board to Nicaragua, ‘cos I’ve never been to Nicaragua and I’d heard they had some surf camps and big waves on the Pacific Coast. Yeah, okay and I met a girl that was into surfing and traveling around without deadlines too.
So the two of us headed to some shoreline to a place called Las Penitas by bus ‘cos that’s the cheapest way to travel but there’s no air conditioning and you’re kinda squished in ‘cos they pack up the bus. We found a cheap place to crash called Playa Roca Beach Bar Hotel and we hooked up with some like-minded dudes and we took to the waves. It was hotter than hot and the only place to keep cool was the waves. You know what I mean. I was getting amped just looking at those tumbling waves. They were truly awesome.
The Playa Roca Beach Bar Hotel was a great place to stay, only $25 a night for two people and the place came with air (conditioning, for those of you that don’t know). The waves and the sunsets are free and they were amazing. Not far from the Playa Roca Beach Bar Hotel, there’s the Coco Surf School where if you don’t know how to surf, you can get some lessons for really cheap and if you need your board fixed, they’ll do that too at the Coco Surf School.
It was just the place to kick back and relax here. We stayed three weeks, surfing, watching sunsets, eating great food and of course, sampling some of that local Nicaraguan beer called Tona. I’ll post some more photos of this great place for surfing in Nicaragua, really away from it all.
The Playa Roca Beach Bar Hotel
