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Travel Blogs from Masaya, Nicaragua
Yet another volcano
This is a top pick! Got the bus to Volcan Masaya national park this morning. Yet another volcano I hear you saying. I am mildly obsessed by them but particularly want to see lava and this has not been fulfilled as yet. We got the national park bus from the entrance ...
There's No Camping at The Gates of Hell
This is a top pick! ... declared fit to travel. Back on the road and running smooth as silk, we headed for the Masaya Volcano National Park. One of Nicaragua's main tourist attractions, this park encompasses the two volcanoes of Masaya and Nindiri with their five formidable ...
Footprints and Markets
This is a top pick! ... footprints found, and there are both human and animal tracks. The city where the footprints are located -- Managua -- is the capital of Nicaragua. It´s big, spread out, ugly, dirty and generally not a great place to be, which is why we did this as ...
The new fam
... able to find out so much more about the city. Today I´m going to Ciudad Sandino, which is a lot more dangerous than Masaya (people don´t typically leave their houses past 9pm), but during the day and in larger groups it´s safe. My family is comprised ...
Masaya
... coloniale hyper charmante, en plus qu`on est en pleine Semana Santa, les gens sont en congé et heureux! On est allé au volcan Masaya plus tot aujourd`hui! Au départ on pensait monter les 5kms ŕ pied, mais bon, on nous a offert un transport ...
And so it begins
I´m able to write through an internet cafe in Masaya, Nicaragua, which is the city that I will be working. I officially start work this monday, but before that I have to go through a great deal of seminars and all that before I´m able to actually ...
Masaya
... and the market. Day two involved another volcano! Parque National Volcan Masaya is one of the few national parks in Nicaragua which has two volcanoes, Masaya and Nindiri, and 5 craters. Volcan Nindiri is one of the most active volcanoes in the country. ...
Melodia
Buenas, Apologies for the delay! Got a bit sidetracked in Nicaragua and forgot to blog! Boooo! Finally hit the two months to go mark, hasn't time flown by! Stayed on the Isle de Ometepe for three nights, a little disappointing for the first two at Playa ...
Magma in Masaya
Friends! Our day trip left in the afternoon and we headed off to the market at Masaya. It is one of the largest craft markets anywhere if you belive the hype. It is actually pretty good, touristy yes but with a range of goods that are interesting to look ...
Market day
Took the chicken bus in the morning and reached at the dusty bus park behind the local market in Masaya. The market is indoor and huge, we kept getting lost. It really has everything, from hammocks, bags, and other artisanal tourist things, to shoes, ...
a big hot tub: Laguna Apoyo
We arrived at the Monkey Hut hostel on the banks of Laguna Apoyo just after sunset. The lagoon is a deep blue, pristine, 48kmsq crater lake formed around 23,000 years ago after the Apopyo volcano blew its top. At its deepest it measures 200m, ...
Gas masks and markets
... sobering facts from the not so distant history to remind of us the struggles a lot of people have faced in Nicaragua. Next we visited the Masaya volcano. We lucked out with a bit of sunshine so the views on the way up were great. ...
Ometepe to Masaya
... out that an article i had published had picked up some heat and i was wanted for an interivew. i hastly replied that i was in nicaragua but i would be there. 3) food. we went to a place called "Fancy", which we hoped would live up to its name. Actually ...
Masaya Days
... on a hamac so we start to ask around for those. Off to bed as tommorrow we are up earlyish to go up volcano masaya, Its probably another steaming whole but we need to do some excersise to get the blood pumping again. After grabing the bus we walk ...
R & R at Laguna Apoyo
... gentle waves, I looked through the cracks and saw beautiful blue-green water. They say this is the cleanest lake n Nicaragua and I believe it. The water was warm and clear...perfect! After a delicious dinner of pasta with a seafood ...
Back from the northern mountains
Hey, a quick message that mel and i have emerged from the nothern mountains of nicaragua. After Tisey, we spent 2 nights in Esteli, 5 nights at the Finca Esperanza Verde, a night in Matagalpa and tonight in Masaya, then tomorrow it´s home to ...
Granada
... bus. What will you see on the bus? Probably Che Gueverra. He´s not dead. He lives on in almost every chicken bus in Nicaragua. You see his stencilled face at the front of the bus near the flag. The busses are old US school busses, sometimes repainted in ...
Mighty Masaya
... . We decide to splurge on the private night tour of the volcano´s caves and other craters. The largest crater, the Masaya crater, is a strange sight. There is some sort of geologic split straight across the middle. One side is full of volcanic ...
A scary tale that needs to be told.
I am deviating from my usual blog to let you know of an incident that happened to Al and I just outside of Masaya, Nicaragua today. This is to warn and inform others if this happens to you. We were on our way to the Masaya Volcano National Park, a ...
Binnenland Nicaragua
Na Orinoco terug naar de bewoonde wereld, Masaya en Granada en het eiland Isla de ...
Climbing Masaya Volcano
Krasny den vsem. :) Nezapomente me informovat, jak se vam dari. Dnes jsme meli perfektni vylet na vulkan Masaya. Po vcerejsi akci jsme sice meli trosku problem se vstavanim, ale nakonec jsme vzchopili a vylezli na mistni krater. Bylo nadherne ...
Masaya National Park
... witinessing a big street festival celebrating the patron saint of Freedom. The short drive to Masaya meant we camped on the side of a dormant volcano just outside the township of Masaya. The crater was quite spectacular and the sulphur was quite ...
Masaya
... a fort outside of town called Coyotepe. The US Marines took the hill in a battle against Nica Troops. At the time, the Nicaragua Government was talking to England, France, and others about building a canal from the Atlantic to Pacific here. We ...
Nindirí, Nicaragua
We went to Nindirí, Nicaragua on the 6th. On the last day of the campaign there were 3 marriages and all 6 of them were baptized. There were 5 other baptisms. I met a lot of people. All the preachers were wanting to discuss what ...
Coup in Honduras!
... right now there is a nine pm curfew. Hmmm. But no worries, since I still have at least three more weeks in Nicaragua. The other important events on tv today were the USA-Brasil match and the Espana-Sudafrica match. Both were closely ...
Wonderful Chill-out in Masaya
Posilam vam pozdrav z nadherne Nikaraguy :) Z mesta Leon jsem vyrazil do mensiho ale velmi puvabneho mestecka Masaya. Chvili ted budu cestovat z prijemnym chlapikem Magnusem z Norska. V Leonu jsem si jeste nechal spravit deravy batoh z predchozi rychle ...
The vulcano tour
... entrance of the national park volcan Masaya where we had and interesting museum tour. Anyways learned a lot that day about Nicaragua (second poorest country in Latin America after Haiti) and volcanoes of course which are spread in high concentration ...