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- Cordoba Oro (NIO)
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Granada Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Granada, Nicaragua
Granada, Mombachu - day three
... a day! Working backwards. Just got in from dinner and a stroll to the grocery store for some ice for our nightcap. I love Granada! I didnt really get a feel for it the last time we were here but it's a really charming colonial old town. Doesnt hurt ...
Granada
... American husband and two babies and played with Olly, Valeria’s French poodle. We’re heading to Ometepe, the largest island in Lago de Nicaragua, next. Looking forward to a 3-6 hour ferry ride (depending on who you ask) tomorrow afternoon. ...
Day 4· granada city center
Yesterday, Melissa and i returned from Laguna de Apollo and spent the day hanging out in the main square in the middle of granada. there was a talent show sponsored by a local church and acts of all kinds were performing all day. Most featured music or ...
Ohhhhh, to be a backpacker...
... . I like to look at things just as much as everyone. But it’s not the experience I came to have. I want to KNOW Nicaragua. I want to stay with families and see what the people that live here are really like. But first…I need a tan! It’s ...
Op tour
... gereden. Mooi mooi maar dat hadden we al snel allemaal gezien. Toen zijn we naar een oud fort gereden, dat Granada moest beschermen tegen de spanjaarden en nadien dienst deed als gevangenis waar onmenselijke dingen gebeurden! Met onze petzels op de kop ...
Granada
... the central colonial homes. Besides this we had the opportunity to see the oldest city in Latin America along with Lake Nicaragua. Not too many activities except for one... canopy tour! For this excursion we were taken out to the east side ...
3 Down, 3 To Go!
... met him on the way from Tegucigalpa to Granada. The journey was pretty smooth until we got to Managua(the capital city of Nicaragua). Managua is CRAZY! (Thanks for warning me Carol!) We got off the bus in the bus station which was a driveway with ...
Lost in a foreign land!!!
... Granada so it was to be a rather early start. On top of the long journey we also had yet another boring border crossing into Nicaragua!! The 4 old chaps left with me following at the tail. San Isidro is located in a valley so right from leaving the town ...
MEETING ERNESTO by LILY
... around the world and we chose a child who was close in age to Lily at the time and thus Ernesto a child in Nicaragua was selected for our sponsorship. Since then we have exchanged letters, photos and presents and in return we too have received ...
Colonial Nicaragua
... and ornate. It was really pretty and good to walk around despite it being unbelievably hot. It’s on the shores of Lake Nicaragua but that receives very little attention and we only caught a glimpse of it when we went down to check on the ferries. ...
estudiar español
... at motivating me and I quickly gained knowledge and experience in the language, especially with those crucial verb conjugations. Granada reminded me a lot of Antigua with its one level colonial style buildings but whilst the courtyards are great they ...
Nicaragua
Så er det vist på tide jeg får fortalt lidt om turen til Nicaragua. Vi tog af sted den 12. December, og køreturen tog ca. 8 timer. Turen gik fint opad gennem landet, og også fint mht. at komme over grænsen til Nicaragua. Jeg har hørt at ...
NEW TEACHER by LILY
Lunes 7 Junio After breakfast Lester our new teacher came to our house and he taught us maths and Lester was as good as dad. After we said bye to Lester then we had lunch Antonio picked us up with the van and drove us to the kids school. At the school ...
BUTTERFLIES by EDIE
... . We managed to find one in the main street which seemed to have many doctors advertising their specialty – a sort of Granada Harley Street. We sat down and waited in a rather crummy waiting room. The system is very much like ...
Heating up in Granada
Granada is located on Lake de Nicaragua and is Nicaragua's oldest City. A visit to the town is a must the majority of tourists. Colonial buildings are in abundance, hostels are comfortable and the food is amazing! It was nice to take some time to ...
Mom & Dad, Will You Buy Us An Island? Please?
... We quickly hopped on a second bus to Granada, which took about an hour. One of the oldest cities in Nicaragua, and definitely the most touristed, Granada definitely lives up to its reputation. It´s beautiful. From the lush central square to the ...
Traditional San Sebastian Festival in Diriamba
Zdravim vsechny z krasne, sluncem prosvicene Nikaraguy :) Dnes jsme podnikli takovy pohodovy vylet do mestecka Diriamba, kde se kazdorocne porada festival k oslave mistnich tradic, vse pod zastitou UNESCO. K videni bylas rada tancu v ruznych kostymech ...
Back To the Mainland
... rides we settled in Leon, Nicaragua, home of the largest cathedral in Central America. Now we are in Granada, a beautiful and clean colonial town on Lake Nicaragua. The next month we will be travelling fast, as we are determined to reach Columbia by ...
Colombian chronicals part deux, mud, sweat, tears
... . And thats where it started....and hasnt stopped and still goes on at this point, from where im writing now in nicaragua....fucking dragonfly season. Flies on the windscreen of your car, a minor hindarence, dragonflies no more than an awkward scrape, ...
3 countries in 12 hours, ending up in Nicaragua
... arrived at the border with Honduras.. And passed the border quickly.. Paid 3 dollars, and moved on.. Around 8:30 we arrived at the Honduras - Nicaragua border.. We had to wait there for a approx 45 min.. And I had to pay USD$ 17.00.. From there we moved ...
Granada Nicaragua
... having an intellectual vibe, but we could tell this is not just a passing thing - this seems to be the intellectual center of Nicaragua. We stayed at a beautiful hotel in the center of town, Hotel Oasis. We were allowed to bring our bikes into the ...
day 13: i held a tree boa today
the dude who likes snakes and poisonous things brought a tree boa constrictor back to the hostel today. The tree boa is harmless and small, about 18 inches long, so i decided to hold my first snake. it was really cool feeling it slither through my ...
BACK TO SCHOOL by EDIE
... ; Jana came with us to the travel agency to look at excursions and had planned her week with visits to the islands in Lake Nicaragua a trip to Ometepe, which is the island in the middle of the lake with one active volcano and one dormant, and a walk up ...
day 8: volcan mombacho
... school said he would make calls for us tomorrow to other places. Side point: if you are considering language school in granada, i highly recommend casa xalteva. i really like the staff; great people who really go out of their way to help you. ...
18hour trip was good enough for me!
We then went to Granada, Nicaragua. We walked around the city for half the day and had a typical lunch in Nicaragua which consisted of yucca and fried chanco (fried pig skins). I'm pretty open minded but honestly…o my goodness I feel nauseous ...
Hike to Lago Apoyo
... as the States. To think that Reagan and his boys in the 80s managed to convince the sheep of the American populace that Nicaragua was a threat to our National security is telling. Those people can sell anything. But when you actually see it, and meet ...
