We got picked up by the taxi at 6:15, the drive to the airport taking about 6 minutes. Only a tiny taxi so the driver had to do two separate trips to get all of us to the tiny airport. The lady at the hotel told us to be there at 6:30 and we were a bit curious why we had to be there so early but when on a small island do what you are told - or something like that.
At the check in counter the lady behind the desk asked her colleague for 12 boarding cards which we didn't really pay attention to - only that we got boarding cards 1-5. Then we had to wait at the security check for the guy to arrive with the key to the drawer so we could get our receipt for paying our two dollar airport tax. Once we were through security we waited for about 10 minutes and two small planes arrived, off loaded and we were told to board.
12 passengers plus 2 pilots - that was the size of the plane leaving this morning for Managua. We crawled into the plane, got seats right behind the pilots and took off 30 minutes before scheduled departure. All passengers were there so why wait. We love "island time".
The flight to Managua was beautiful, early morning passing over the ocean with a clear view of the reefs, then a bit later hitting the coast of the mainland looking down at the town of Bluefields before crossing the jungle and approaching Managua. We could follow everything that happened on the flight deck and the pilots including them having their banana chips snacks. A very short approach to Managua airport, a nice landing and we were out of the airport in 10 minutes. Frederik and Berit were heading towards Leon and Matilde, Mikkel and Malene towards Laguna De Apoyo with a stopover in Granada to pick up our left luggage at the hostel.
We negotiated a price of USD 30 for a taxi to take us on our small 1½ hour round trip and found our left luggage in Granada before being dropped off in front of the hostel in Laguna Apoyo just before midday. We love this tiny country and the short travel days. We had our room, hung out a bit before lunch and then a swim in the afternoon in the lagoon. It's going to be good to chill out a bit at this place. Maybe a dive and a hike in the next couple of days.
At the check in counter the lady behind the desk asked her colleague for 12 boarding cards which we didn't really pay attention to - only that we got boarding cards 1-5. Then we had to wait at the security check for the guy to arrive with the key to the drawer so we could get our receipt for paying our two dollar airport tax. Once we were through security we waited for about 10 minutes and two small planes arrived, off loaded and we were told to board.
12 passengers plus 2 pilots - that was the size of the plane leaving this morning for Managua. We crawled into the plane, got seats right behind the pilots and took off 30 minutes before scheduled departure. All passengers were there so why wait. We love "island time".
The flight to Managua was beautiful, early morning passing over the ocean with a clear view of the reefs, then a bit later hitting the coast of the mainland looking down at the town of Bluefields before crossing the jungle and approaching Managua. We could follow everything that happened on the flight deck and the pilots including them having their banana chips snacks. A very short approach to Managua airport, a nice landing and we were out of the airport in 10 minutes. Frederik and Berit were heading towards Leon and Matilde, Mikkel and Malene towards Laguna De Apoyo with a stopover in Granada to pick up our left luggage at the hostel.
We negotiated a price of USD 30 for a taxi to take us on our small 1½ hour round trip and found our left luggage in Granada before being dropped off in front of the hostel in Laguna Apoyo just before midday. We love this tiny country and the short travel days. We had our room, hung out a bit before lunch and then a swim in the afternoon in the lagoon. It's going to be good to chill out a bit at this place. Maybe a dive and a hike in the next couple of days.
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| 6 AM - ready to go back to the mainland |
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| Check in at Big Corn Island |
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| Security |
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| The plane has shrunk |
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| Boarding card #2 |
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| Ready for take-off - row 1 |
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| Airborne |
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| 12 person plane |
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| What's the pilot snacking on? |
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| Trying to make it on a short approach |
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| Back in Managua |
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| Laguna Apoyo - that's us |
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| Hammock approved |
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| Sunset at laguna Apoyo |
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