Comments on: Zip-Lining & Surfing in San Juan del Sur Nicaragua – Travel Video Ep. 17

By: Jason Castellani

Jason Castellani — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:19:56 +0000

Thanks Andi. I really wish we had some surfing footage in the video, but knowing we were going to be in the water all day, we opted to leave the video camera at home. So, no surfing footage. I enjoyed San Juan del Sur, but it wasn’t my favorite. I really wanted the beach to be more of a beach, rather than a fisherman’s cove. It was still lots of fun and clearly a hot spot for budget travelers.

By: Andi

Andi — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:14:48 +0000

I love love love SJDS!!! It’s seriously one of my most favorite places in the world. What an awesome post.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:04:50 +0000

hi jason. what form of transportation did you guys take to get to costa rica from san juan del sur?

By: Jason Castellani

Jason Castellani — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:20:40 +0000

Stephen we understand and respect your opinion.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:35:43 +0000

Jason, I’ve traveled through and lived in about 45 countries over the past 15 years (including New York City), and have NEVER been robbed. But had never been to Latin America until November 2009. Not even one week into the trip I was robbed twice, once at knife-point. It’s hard for me not to consider Central America especially dangerous.

By: Jason Castellani

Jason Castellani — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:46:30 +0000

Stephen, we didn’t have any issues with safety while we were there, however we did visit during the low season and it was completely dead at the bars and on the beach. We have come to the realization that thefts can occur anywhere and usually unexpectantly; we just hope that it doesn’t happen to us. If it does, I am sure it will put a bad taste in our mouth about the place where it occured, but we will try to look past it. Thefts occur in most cities around the entire world, even NYC, but we will never stop visiting our favorite city.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:52:59 +0000

Did you guys or anybody else have problems getting with safety…either around town or at the beaches. We got robbed on the rocks in San Juan del Sur.

And also, yes I was surprised at the high prices in Nicaragua. I went there specifically because I read it was the cheapest country in Central America. That 15% tax really pissed me off as well.

By: Lin

Lin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:30:12 +0000

Looks like tons of fun! We were there many months back and loved it. Awesome pics!

By: Brendan Kane

Brendan Kane — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:40:50 +0000

Yo. Looks like you 2 are having a great time down there. I was in San Juan del Sur at about this time last year. Nice place. We went to see the olive ridley turtles laying their eggs one night. Amazing. Have fun!

By: Jason Castellani

Jason Castellani — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:54:22 +0000

Will do!

By: Jason Castellani

Jason Castellani — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:53:52 +0000

Welcome Carole & Matt, glad more family can follow along!

By: Carole Levinger

Carole Levinger — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:37:10 +0000

Matt and I are finally on board. I am on facebook and will join there as well wonderful site.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:04:16 +0000

She was better than myself and the other guy that was with us! The canopy tour in San Juan del Sur was $30USD compared to Costa Rica’s $50-65 costs. The lines in Monteverde are extremely long, but we still had fun at Da’Flying Frog in San Juan del Sur and saved some money.

By: Shannon OD

Shannon OD — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:47:12 +0000

Big props to Aracely for getting up on the surf board that quickly!! I took lessons in Australia and I struggled a bit lol, I was def not up w/in 15 mins! Looks like fun, and good to know that the zip-lining in Nicaragua is cheaper than CR!