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San Carlos is the main town from where most visitors start their trip on the San Juan River [San Carlos / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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San Carlos is a typical border town (located on the border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica). It is a friendly town with enough facilities to organize your trip over the San Juan River [San Carlos / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Typical street in San Carlos [San Carlos / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Hotel San Carlos is a very simple hotel in San Carlos [San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Waiting in the harbour terminal of San Carlos for the boat to El Castillo [San Carlos / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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These are the boats that travel the San Juan River from village to village. There are stop-boats and express boats [San Carlos / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Arrival in El Castillo, the little village from where we explored the area [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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El Castillo is a very picturesque village on the shore of the San Juan River, a 2-hour boat ride from San Carlos [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Main street [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Men are fishing on the San Juan River [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Enjoying a great fish meal with a great view over the San Juan River [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Fish meal [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Street-side tamale shop. A tamale is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa or dough which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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El Castillo is only reachable by river, so all goods need to come in by boat [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Local house [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Rainbow over the San Juan River [El Castillo / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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The San Juan River is also the border between Nicaragua (left) and Costa Rica (right) [San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Snowy Egret [San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Bird watching by canoe [San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Great Green Macaws in sight [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Yellow-tailed Oriole [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Muddy path [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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You will need boots to visit the Refugio Bartola comfortably. You can rent them in El Castillo [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Insect [Refugio Batola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Green and Black Poison Dart Frog [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Ivonne filming wildlife [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Dragonfly [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Finding our way through the mud [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Boots required! [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
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Our guide Juan Ardilla (John Squirrel) is looking for wildlife [Refugio Bartola / San Juan River / Nicaragua]
