I was planning on leaving Friday to go to Isleta de Ometepe, an island in Lake Nicaragua, but I got stuck. By stuck I mean sucked into the ever-interesting vortex of nightlife in San Juan Del Sur. San Juan Del Sur is a quaint local town with a few tourists and has quite a late night party scene. Around 10pm you can start getting a flavor for where the evening may go. It's exactly like college spring break: Drunk girls dirty dancing to DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince and Milli Vanilli (actual Milli Vanilli, not Queen. I have heard almost as much MV here in the past 3 weeks as I did back in the day). Guys hovering in the corners waiting for the proper time to pounce on their prey. Shots. Short skirts. More shots. People teetering on the edge of falling off a barstool. And lots of making out on the dance floor. It's quite possibly the best people watching ever. Every evening is the same. The night starts at The Iguana or Coquito bar, then moves to the Crazy Crab (the discotheque of San Juan), which is open until 5 or 6 or 7am, not sure.
I only recently discovered this part of San Juan and the town is not all Flor de Cana and Tona (the local rum and beer). Other compelling factors influencing my decision to stay in San Juan Del Sur a little longer include:
- The seafood. $10 for 3 fantastic lobster tails
- Chicken Gordon Blue (not sure who Gordon is, but he's on every menu here)
- Vanilla Latte. There is one gringo coffee shop with vanilla lattes and wi-fi. I am hooked again.
- Death announcements are made from a truck, on a bullhorn. The truck drives around town for hours notifying every one of the details. This is kind of morbid, but the randomness makes it note-worthy.
- I met some really great people in my final week of Spanish School, so I wanted to stick around for a bit longer.
- Fantastic sunsets on the Pacific, my favorite.
I am planning to leave on Monday.
