Bohemian Paradise Granada

... there is little to no recompense and justice through courts, revenge killing is more the way to go, so the need for lawyers is minimal. Two examples

About a month or so ago at Via Via, the fantastic backpackers in Leon, there was a gruesome murder of one of the security guards and a robbery. The robbery and murder was planned by another of the security guards, who shall be referred to as X, who has not been caught and nor is likely to be. The others involved have ...

... is too beautiful to even describe, the architecture is classic Spanish and it borders a gorgeous lake with little islands in it (formed by the eruption of Mumbacho Volcano).
After a night of dancing, we headed to the volcano, and proceeded to hike up (round 2). Suzanne and I are the "senior" volunteers of the group since we have been here a month longer, and as such have decided that as a right of passage, every new ...

... watered, Carribean Island without palm trees and white sand. Just
such a relaxed place. It is nice that the island is not I the
Caribbean, a place this beautiful would no doubt be covered in tourists
and expensive hotels. Instead it had only a handful of tourists and one
ATM.
The bus dropped us off at a park after an hour and a
half. The park was full of pigs trotting about eating rubbish. We
waited and waited for another bus ...

... at the weekends so it was pretty busy. We found ourselves a little spot though.

We stayed that night right on the lake. Gustavo had a place for us, it was like a jail cell. Concrete walls, bunk beds to sleep four, no glass on the windows and a corrugated roof. Crazy, crazy place. Obviously we were all eaten alive but it was some experience watching the stars over the lake while Omri and Matt built a fire. Brian even got to use his flashlight.

Granada, Nicaragua doireann_brian

During the two-hour ride to Rivas, I chatted with Eliseo about various things Nicaraguan - as the taxi flew Southward bound, he called out the various cities, including the volcano Mombacho, one of Nicaragua's biggest active volcanos, but hasn't erupted in the last couple of hundred years.
However, I got tired pretty fast and dozed off...the next thing I know, Eliseo was tapping me on the shoulder, telling me ...

... is off to Hotel
Chancletas to surf and see my property in Los Clavos Beach. Chancletas
is the ultimate surf hotel. Located in front of the beachbreak, Booms,
this place caters to the true adventurer. I stayed there in July 2008
and had an amazing time. No TV....just drinks, food, surfing, and time
to relax.
Part 2 next time......

Wo hat man in diesem Macho-Land seine Ruhe? Ja genau, auf einer kleinen Insel bestehend aus zwei zusammengewachsenen Vulkanen inmitten eines riesigen Sees. Diese Region ist so abgelegen, dass hier sogar der Bürgerkrieg vorbeigezogen ist. Macht also Sinn, oder? Die Überfahrt ab Granada dauert gute drei Stunden, wahlweise gibt es eine 2. Klasse und eine doppelt so teure 1. Klasse für die Touris. Die gute Dame am Schalter wollte uns nicht ...

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's Ochtends vroeg opgestaan en zelf een ontbijt geïmproviseerd. Fruitsap, bananen, druiven en toast met konfituur... lekker en gezond. Eén dagje strand en rust is voor ons meer dan genoeg, we willen terug wat actie. We plannen een paar dagen door te brengen op Ometepe eiland. 'Isla de Ometepe' ...met zijn 2 prachtige vulkanen.. al zo veel over gehoord! We zijn echt benieuwd en klaar voor nieuwe uitdagingen. De vulkanen lonken, we willen ze beide ...

(for english text scroll down / para leer el texto español: desplácese hacia abajo )

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Van Managua naar Granada
Granada, gelegen aan het Lago Cocibolca (ook Lago de Nicaragua genoemd) op zo'n 30 km van Managua, wordt de volgende 3 dagen onze uitvalsbasis voor uitstapjes in de omgeving.

We installeren ons in Hospedaje Samarcanda, een klein niet te duur hotelletje net iets buiten het centrum, met sympathieke uitbater en met gratis internet. De ...