Hotel Camino Real Managua

... booking my flight home tomorrow and going to my parents to lick my wounds - but then that would mean that they have won in a way and I wont let them do that. In time I can replace the things that have been stolen and it will be a nuisance and additional expense having to deal with insurance companies and red tape. But I worked ************* this trip and I intend to see it through. I know I am a better person than some stupid junkie with a knife on a trip.

... lake within a natural reserve. The house sits right on the lake and is breathtakingly beautiful. I briefly wondered if I could ditch Mom and have Judy adopt me so I could live there. (ha ha. Just kidding, Mom.) She was probably thinking the same thing. After relaxing by the lake for a couple of hours, Judy drove Mom and me to Catarina, a small town about 20 mintues away which affords incredible ...

... in front of the glass - I wasn't sure if they were actually staring at me, but I became acutely aware self-conscious, and I hurriedly pulled out a cart and scurried back to the baggage claim belt. Once I had collected my belongings (thank goodness none of it got lost!!), I wheeled my cart outside - I soon found Eliseo, one of the site coordinators for this FSD program, waiting with a crumpled sign bearing ...

... 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 ...

... rationally by tossing a coin which would later help with other difficult decisions. I won. La Isla : Take the 6am bus, get to the border around 9 ish and itīs crazy. Iīm discombobulated and Daniel takes control. Gooo Dani! We make it to Rivas ā San Jorge lancha, not the cool ferry but the vomit-inducing boat, but they did sell fried chicken in a bag with fried plātanos and chimichurri ā Isla de Ometepe in the middle of the Lago ...

... make up the majority of the population.



VOOR MIJN NEDERLANDSTALIGE VRIENDEN
(FOR MY DUTCH SPEAKING FRIENDS)
Twee weken met een huurauto doorheen Nicaragua: wat een prachtige ervaring!

Onze eerste reis op het amerikaanse continent is direct een schot in de roos! Na weken van voorbereiding en opzoekingswerk op internet en reisgidsen, waren ...

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 jizdy z vulkanu. Fotak se mi ale spravit nepodarilo, takze pri teto prilezitosti muzu trosku zrekapitulovat ...

... insects, beetles displaying ferocious-looking pincers and heaps of butterflies and critters to peruse. The most interesting part of that museum was not what it was displaying but the fifty year old bubbly owner that was passionate about his job. I actually felt like being in the movie "the diner de cons" with this big well groomed moustache man frenzily explaining to me how he was picking insects, catching them, shipping them back, conserving them, examining ...

... They looked sad. Looking back, I think it kind of ironic that she was wearing a t-shirt from my home state. Dr. D brought clothes here before.
We stayed for the evening service. It was all in Spanish. I understood a little. My daughter sang again, and so did the whole youth group.
We returned late after traveling 3 hours back. The mountainous scenery was lovely.