Estrella Hotel Managua

... set up I hung out by myself. I tried socialising with some locals but all they wanted was for me to give them money or buy them drinks. As far as they were concerned anyone who was a tourist must have plenty of money to spare and that was all they were good for. Unable to make out any other tourist in the club, and sick of being pestered for money <br>I caught a taxi back to Prison where I slept with the cockroaches. It didn&#8217;t look like the sheets had ...

... from a Volcano blast, that are 6000 years old.  There are about 20 differenty types of footprints and they are still in the ground with the museum built around them.  We also tried to go see a monument were a lot of the guns from the revolution were baried in cement.  Apparently you are able to see gun barrels and such sticking out of the cement.  We peeked in and were able to see half of a tank sticking out but a local walked by and told us not to enter as it was ...

... crater lake, although you had to negotiate the nearly knee deep mud to get out into the water.<br>The hike took about 7 hours and left everyone feeling sore and tired, I am glad I did it but I am definatly in no rush to do it again.<br><br>From Omotepe the group that we had split and everyone went there own ways, I headed for Granada with an American guy who strangly enough was called aussie.<br>Granada was a cool coloniel town with colourful buildings and a horse and cart ...

... are. This was neat and where we had lunch and organized the things that we are going to be doing the rest of the week. We are going to be fixing roofs, cementing walls, planting gardens, giving health talks, hanging dry erase boards, and many other things. It seemed like we will be doing a lot of stuff that truly will help kids. Nica Hope is all about providing kids with education in hopes that their future has something other than the dump in it... it is a really cool organization ...

... little bungalows only assessable by boat and mosquito infested. The surroundings were muddy and hostile for in the neighboring mountains, thieves and criminals nested in the vegetation so officers of the local militia road around in boats patrolling the waters with machetes and machine guns, in case they were needed. Other than this though, Tortuguero was a rather calm and quiet place. The tours of the local villages were informative as were the talks on wildlife. As the ...

... with me to see me off, Eric head for the bus terminal in Managua to catch an express bus to Liberia, Costa Rica. The express bus was supposed to be the way to avoid several hours at the boarder but things dont always work out as planned. Eric made it through the border after only three painfully boring hours, then quickly moved on to Liberia for a couple of uneventful nights. Then on to meet our travel buddies Paul and Anne in Montezuma, Costa Rica.<br>

... and dancing latin music. He asked us to stay longer, but I told him we were leaving to Ometepe. He insisted so much, I told him to come with us to ometepe, but he said he had to work and asked me to call him as we were in Ometepe, and he would come to meet with us. I [promised to do so, but in Ometepe I could not find a phone (not that I looked sooo much for it) and till now I have forgotten to call him and explain it... Baaad girl : ( His friend (a man form ...

... asking us for something: horse ride? glasses? food?  No, gracias!The alley is very westernized. Looks kind of fancy. A lot of restaurants and hotels. It is interesting how it doesnt look like much on the outside, but if you look inside the doors that you are passing by, you can see a garden inside, some tables, etc. Very traditional of Granada...Since we've read a lot about being cautious about the food in Nicaragua, we decided to have breakfast at ...

... enough Spanish to argue. We decided to stay a second night since a good hostel is hard to come by, and traveling is stressful enough to warrant breaking it up as much as possible. The next morning (Jan. 25) we walked about 7 blocks to a bus stop where we could catch the bus to Managua (the capital. From there we could catch a bus to Matagalpa. All in all, Granada was nice but hot. Still looking forward to those mountains in Matagalpa.