Masachapa - Montelimar All Inclusive

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Picture 1 - Lago Apollo. To the right is the look at we had been at the previous day

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Picture 2 - The meal at the vacant restaurant on the beach.

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Picture 3- The vacant resort on the beach. So nice but completley empty.

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Picture 4 - Our Cyclo Taxi to the all inclusive resort Barcelo

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Picture 5 - Enjoying our first and only night at an all inclusive

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Picture 6 - Pool side

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Picture 7- Drinks at the Casino

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Picture 8 - Chris won big!

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Picture 9 - Beach side

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Picture 10 - Minutes before having to pack it up and leave the pool side.

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The next day we grabbed an early taxi south to the coast and during the drive the taxi allowed us to stop at Lago de Apoyo, which is a very large crater lake (an old volcano that has collapsed in on itself and filled with crystal clear blue water. This was incredible to see and to the right of the lake in the distance we could see the other volcano we were at the previous day and the lookout we had viewed out at the lake from. The taxi ride was a little more than two hours, which carried us up a mountain side and then down down down to Masachapa-Pochomil which are beach towns that were deserted by all people for some strange reason except for the staff working at the various empty restaurants?? We had some beers and lunch overlooking the Pacific Ocean. With only two hotels to stay at and at prices a little above our price range Shannon and Chris ventured off to check out other places and returned back to report that there was one really cool resort looking place that they saw, which was deserted except for one cleaning lady who said we could stay there for $7 a person. Shannon and Chris considered it as it really was a nice place, but without anyone around, no food, etc it didn't seem safe and so they returned empty handed. We then decided to check out the all-inclusive a few kilometers away, which was mentioned by the older couple we met in San Juan Del Sur. So we decided to take a tricycle or cyclo taxis as they assured us that there were no taxi's in this town only these cyclo taxis. They peddled us down the road (a few kilometers) for $5 a couple to check out the all-inclusive resort Barcelo down the beach in an area called Montelimar. For some reason we expected the rate to be cheap since there didn't seem to be anyone around in this area and since the Cyclo Taxi told us that all the travelers had left for San Juan Del Sur. After arriving to the all inclusive and after much debate and trying to wheel and deal we ended up forking over $75 a person for 24 hours of all inclusiveness (3 meals, all the drinks we wanted, a cabana with cable and hot shower, pools, and beaches). We spent the rest of the day drinking by the pool and then hit the supper buffet where we were surrounded by Nica’s and Quebecer’s. After supper we went to the on-site casino and drank the night away playing 1 Cordora slots which was a lot of fun as there are 21 Cords in a Dollar so when you hit the pay out button there would a pile of coins spitting out of the machine. Chris won 600 cords and it sounded like he won a million dollars with all the coins dropping out, but in actuality it was only about $30. Exciting none the less.