A group of four
boys was suddenly decided to visit Nicaragua.
We went from Playa del Coco to our first
destination of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua.The
group was happy boys of various nationalities, ages and origin.
Indian guy
born in Tanzania with USA passports, Tico with USA passport, a Serb
with old blue passport and Me,Myself&I; , Serb with a new red
passports.
The first
challenge was crossing the border Penas Blancas.
There are plenty of
money
changers on either side of the border, along with hordes of "tour
guides" that offer to lead you through the crossing, as well as carry
your luggage for a small fee.
After some
negotiation, we decided to accept the
best offer.
The offer was
30 USD per person including car.
Later I found
out at the border that U.S. citizens pay 7 USD, the car is 22 USD.For
Serbian citizens, I didn`t found tariff.Although I tried!
When we crossed
the border was the actual swine flu. (I'm writing a year later).
Of course we
had to go to the doctor.
Here's how it seemed.
On the border
there is a bus station.It was a big crowd because
there was a holiday and Nicos were returning home from Costa Rica.
After a while
our" travel guide" came back and said:"We have a problem"!
"Customs
officers can not find Serbia.".
I immediately
remembered the story about a girl who had a problem with passport in
Dubai.
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naslovi.net%2F2008-10-11%2Fb92%2Fproblemi-sa-novim-pasosem%2F860924&sl=sr&tl=enHa ha ha party begins!
My friend
Issa came up with a newspaper headline:"Indian, Tico and two Serbian
terrorists arrested in Nicaragua"
"Travel guide"
said:
"Customs
officers just called Manaqua to get an official report.
Yugoslavia was
on the list but Serbia doesn`t exist!"
Funniest thing
is that my friend Louie, had old passport which is valid for officials
from Nicaragua.
Photo taken from the Serbian newspaper,in right hand new
one-Serbia and in left hand old one-Yugoslavia.
The tourist
guide is removed and promised to return soon with new information.
We continue to
make joke and we expect to hear a new story of our " guide".
We did not have
long waiting.Here he comes!
"Everything is
fine but you have to add 40 USD more, for non USA citizens."-he said.
And we paid.
Again Americans fared better!
Poor Serbian guys...
No more obstacles-Nicaragua here we comes!
