La Alcoba
Travel Blogs from Granada
Town of many churches
... going to be rarities with an big extra cost when available through out most of this trip. The food was quite plain and in small quantities. It made me feel like I eat too much normally, and it also made we realize how privileged I am to have the variety and quality of food I usually eat. I was pretty much hungry still after every meal. I do think that the family we stayed with was being a bit stingy, but on the last day Mireya, the owner of ...
Night of the Tree Frogs
... have gone out to have a look, but was too asleep. Bit sad that I didn't actually see the howler monkeys, but its nice to know they were there and so close.
In the morning, I packed up my things and made the uphill trek back to the treehouse for some fruit and granola tuck for breakfast, retrieved my passport then hitched a lift with the owner back into Granada with some of the others. I said my good byes and wandered ...
Better than Antigua
... there was smashing beers back, so when in Rome.
Anyways after breakie we got the bus to Granada. The bus trip was pretty uneventful, it was Ben's first bus ride like it, so it was interesting to see his reaction, cant wait for his first chicken bus ride, if we can get him on.
Once we got to Granada everyones spirits lifted a little, this is a really beautiful old colonial town similar to ...
Day 2 - Las Isletas y piscina a la hotel
... horses...small, shabby, a little malnourished, and definitely over worked. So we're opposed to supporting their drivers even though we have been eyeing this one team with horses that look to be very well groomed, shoe'd, and healthy. As we're working our way up the hill, a horse carriage stops by and asks me if we want a ride to town, I politely decline and he takes off. I then tell Heather that he only wanted 17 cordobas to take us to own since he was ...
Nicaragua - Granada
... be Beatles related, it turned out the only reason it was called that was because the guy thought he looked like John Lennon, he did a little but definitely not as much as he thought he did. There was also some strange band playing that definitely had no relation to John Lennon or the Beatles so we had two cocktails each and decided to leave.
We tried to find a karaoke bar but we were told it was only open on certain days of the week so we headed to ...
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet