Rio San Juan Series #4 of 11: Juan’s Videos Sabalos to El Castillo (Nica Nugget #70)

As promised in Nica Nugget #69, here are the two short videos shot along this stretch by our lead guide Juan Alberto Aguilar Gomez. The first was taken in the calm stretch before El Castillo, showing JoAnne Stoltz and Eve Kohlman in the canoe, along with Juan’s daughter Andy at the stern, and John E Field and myself in our kayaks. The second was taken at the bottom of the rapid, El Diablo, in El Castillo. For a full description of that day as well as the photo video montage, please see Nica Nugget #69: Rio San Juan Series: #3 …

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Rio San Juan Series #3 of 11: Sábalos to El Castillo (Nica Nugget #69)

Our guide Juan Alberto Aguilar Gomez and his daughter Andy met us at our hotel in Sábalos the following misty morning. They live in El Castillo, ten miles down river, and had come up in Juan’s panga, pulling one of their three-seater fiberglass canoes behind. For the remainder of our river journey – five days and ninety-eight miles to go – instead of staying in their rented double sea kayak, Eve and JoAnne would be paddling this canoe down river, with a guide in the third seat at the stern. John and I would continue in our sea kayaks. Juan’s …

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