Due to the lack of decent accommodations around San Carlos we decided to spend the night at El Castillo, located in the river San Juan. A tiny but spectacular village.
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| Slow boat to El Castillo |
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| Traveling in style |
San Juan river is a passage through dense tropical rain forest from Central America to the Caribbean sea. The river flows through many national refugees, the scenario is impressive. It's very well-preserved. And it recalls you of the Amazon wildness.
Since this was the slowest boat, we stopped in all corners along the river. We saw passengers leaving in very remote areas.
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| Arriving to El Castillo |
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| Main street in El Castillo |
Two hours later we arrived to El Castillo. We were very tired, we spent our day travelling by boat first from Los Chiles and then in river San Juan. But when we saw the castle lying on the top of the village we felt better about ourselves and about this long trip as well.
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| Fortress of the Immaculate Conception |
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| Houses across the fortress |
Unless you are using El Castillo as a base to explore the Indio Maiz Biological Reserve, there is not much to see or do and food is nothing to write home about.
The fortress is one of the few highlights. We visited it in the next morning before we left to San Carlos, this time on the fast boat.
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| Children swimming in Rio San Juan |
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