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Rio San Juan, Nicaragua
The conquistadors who explored in the 16 century. English pirates sailed until the 17 century. Lanchatook epic battles where its banks. The soldiers died from tropical diseases are fed to the sharks eat the flesh of its dark waters. In the 19th century, prospectors rushed to California. In the early twentieth almost became an international inter-oceanic canal in Panama instead. In fact, the strong currents of history flow in Rio San Juan de Nicaragua.
This mighty river takes the waters of Lake Nicaragua, Central America, the largest body of fresh water, 192 miles east to the Caribbean. The only “way” through this remote rural area, lying between the vast pools of thick tropical jungle on the left bank and isolated farming communities on the right bank, which actually is from Costa Rica. The trip downstream takes full twelve hours. Always one for an off the beaten path of the expedition, which puttered down the river over several days, enjoying the relaxed ambience.
I caught my first glimpse of the river San Juan in the morning, as my ship arrived at the fishing village of San Carlos, after a fourteen-hour lake crossing. In light of dawn ether, water and sky merged its two extensions of blue-gray, if they had not been divided by the dark, foggy coast. “The threshold of an adventure!” She cried, excited.