The Thoughtful Travel Podcast · Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Tim Gaysler recounts an unusual accommodation experience in Nicaragua where, due to a full hotel, he slept in a hammock strung under the bus he was traveling on. He describes the experience as 'so cool' despite a torrential downpour throughout the night.
“So I didn't know what to do and the bus driver, he's like, Tim, I've got a second hammock. We'll string it under the bus.”
“So we were actually had hammocks strung under the bus and just this torrential downpour the whole night.”
“But it was so cool swinging under the bus with the rain kind of cascading all around and this bus driver, Nicaraguan bus driver, snoring merrily beside me.”