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... and offered to drive us down to Managua which was great as we need to go there to head to Granada. We really enjoyed our time at the surfing turtle and it was made ten times better from our new friends that we met. We arrived in Managua and John checked into the Hilton and offered a parting drink to be had. We headed up to the execuitive floor and were offered some nice wine and some nibbles pure bliss after our drive down. We left john and made our way to our hotel in Managua city.

... and just threw up my hands and stared at Ted. Mini meltdown during
which I def gave up on my espanol for a moment. Ted wanted me to be
sure I included that since he thinks I don´t bash on myself enough in
the blog. (Ladies, if you want a sensitive one, you´ve found your man.)
It was all worth it, however, because we ended up getting a really
yummy typico plate with rice and beans (called gallo pinto here), meat,
and plantain chips, for about $3. And don´t forget the ...

Today was a pretty lazy day. We were really tired (read: hungover) this
morning, so we just laid out at the pool all day. (In our defense, we
did try to go to an art museum, but it was closed.) And ate a lot of
food. Including two (well, I ate two) ridiculous hot dogs. A Nica hot
dog is no New York hot dog but is really interesting anyways. The
actual hot dogs themselves are extremely tiny (and boiled, not grilled)
and come enveloped in a giant white bun with an ...

Usual melee at the bus station to get just one taxi driver to take me to town for a fair price - goes against the grain to use them but so cheap here even the locals use them - $1 to get across town door to door - would be silly not to!

According to the bible (LP) there is a Carnaval of Legends & Myths here tomorrow - wrong! - not until 25th Nov as I eventually discovered by turning up at the museum of that name, delighfully set in the ...

... people. We had realised only a few days after the incident how badly it had affected us, we were constantly nervous, we both had chronic stomach bugs which I am putting down to nerves. We were very ratty and emotional and just generally scared out of our wits when people walked towards us or behind us. We hated going out in the evenings and scuttled from street lamp to street lamp, sticking to main routes and ducking into shops if we thougth someone was following us. It ...

... br>were absolutely NO street signs and all one way streets, so it gets a little confusing. We finally settled in and signed up to do the 
Volcano boarding on his birthday. That night we just walked around 
the town while the sun faded behind the horizon. The many churches looked amazing in the fading sunlight.

The next day, the day before Devin's birthday, we headed over to a 
museum that the guide book said was the best in all of ...

... no
worries, low stress, good people, good drinks, good surf, and all in a
tropical paradise!
So 2pm comes around and I have my appointment
with the real estate agent. Mauricio comes and picks me up and she
shows me lots of properties in Poneloya and a couple strike my eye so
I'm going to think about buying one, we'll see. Mauricio takes me to
his house ad I meet his family. Very nice people ...