{"id":1947,"date":"2020-09-02T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2022-04-05T18:19:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:19:30","slug":"flying-during-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=1947","title":{"rendered":"Flying During COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"

We said goodbye to Nicaragua and headed back to the United States.\u00a0 Commercial airlines are not yet flying in and out of Nicaragua, so we booked a charter flight from Managua, Nicaragua to Miami, Florida.\u00a0 From Miami, we flew Delta Airlines to Atlanta.<\/p>\n

We were nervous about getting on airplanes and heading back to the United States. We were not sure what to expect. It was a long two travel days, but luckily everything went well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We left San Juan Del Sur the day before our flight and stayed at a hotel near the airport in Managua just to be safe. Our flight left at 9:00 and it is a two-hour drive from San Juan Del Sur to Managua.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We stayed at the Airport X Managua Hotel. The hotel is about a mile from the airport. It was clean. our room had bunk beds and two double beds. We had a good dinner at the hotel and breakfast was included the next morning. \"\"<\/p>\n

The hotel also had two capuchin monkeys who were being rehabilitated. They were cute but liked to grab and swipe if you got too close.\"\"<\/p>\n

We arrived at the Managua airport 2 1\/2 hours before our flight. There were quite a few people lined up. The airport workers were asking everyone to social distance and our temperatures were checked before entering the airport. \"\"<\/p>\n

Getting through check-in was fast. Immigration was slow. It took about 45 minutes.\u00a0We did not renew our visas because we were leaving three days after they expired. We had to pay a fine for overstaying (USD$10 per person plus $3 per day per person).<\/p>\n