Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelEl Convento Leon
We Satisfied the Need for Speed (Kind of)
We met our second day in Leon without a plan but we picked up steam as the day progressed. We started with an early morning walk through the streets of Leon and enjoyed the bustle of the city. The combination of motor bikes, cars, taxis, and horse-drawn carts makes this place so special. Leon is beautiful, yet gritty at the same time.
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Touring Managua and Leon
We check out this morning and spend a few hours visiting some of the highlights of Managua, including the National Palace Museum and a drive up to a viewpoint overlooking the old and new sections of the city. After a great lunch we head for Leon, a former capital city. We intend to visit Leon Viejo on the way, but time is short as we need to see …
School Daze, A Slippery Slope, Fire and Brimstone
We meet the most amazing and fascinating guide today – Julio. He gives us a vivid history of Nicaragua as someone who lived through many terrifying periods. He was captured as a youth after a game of ball with his friends. Because he was dirty the government forces accused him of coming from the mountains where the rebels were massing. He was …
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Nicaraugaun cooking lesson
I have been meaning to thank everyone for all the nice comments and following our blog. It is fun writing them when there are so many people interested! The other day we spent the morning shopping in a local market and learning how to make a very authentic Nica (Nicaraguan) dish with a local family in their home. We had a guide with us to help us shop in the market and translate for us while cooking with the family. He gave us a tour of the market and then ...
Sandboarding and Hiking Volcanoes
... you to glide down on the surface. Sandboarding would be equivalent to sledding down a very steep, long, fast tabogan hill but with Sandboarding you are going down a volcano on a wooden board at speeds of up to 71kms/hr (yup that's how fast I came down it!). So we spent the first 45 minutes of the tour hiking up this very steep, windy edge of the volcano until we reached the top and looked over the edge as our guide told us how to brake and keep the ...


