To cross the Nicaraguan Border (yikes?)

1. Change money before the border... but only with the guys with badges!
2. Smile at the customs officers, esp. the ladies.
3. Travel light so you don't need to pay a tricycle porter to take you and your stuff the few hundred yards to the border.
4. Ignore advice about bribing officials and having a local fill out your entry paper for you. It's a cinch.
2. To pass the time (fo' eva) you've got to wait in line, talk to folks waiting with you. They might offer a cool place to hang out on your travels. I met a German who studied to be an Englsih teacher, has a Russian mom and helps drug-addicted Nicas (Nicaraguans) get sober in a mobile school in Masaya (where I'm going!).
5. Ask for the bus instead of a taxi--you get to meet Nicaraguans who may offer you advice, warnings and free corn and popcorn (I got all four :]).

Pics
1. Icido!

2. Walk from Costa Rican immigration to the border.