Hotel Casa Naranja Managua

... of Laguna de Apoyo, Granada and Lago de Nicaragua in the far distance. I'm so impressed by the beauty of this place - there are lakes and volcanoes everywhere.

Back at the house, Judy showed me her 'private spa;' hot springs that come out of the ground at the lake's edge, and we soaked until dinner. All in all, a great day in Nicaragua. Tomorrow Mom and I are heading to Granada and Ometepe.

... Rica) was driving to Rivas that Thursday morning and he took us with him. He was an important lawer in Costa Rica (he didn't say that, but I knew for what he was explaying...important people do not need to say it...not like those other stupid men...). He was very nice, he made a drive in Granada so that we could see what we hadn't, and he explained me a lot about Nicaragua's history. After Rivas, we took a taxi to San Jorge. And from there a ferry to Ometepe Island.

... Merída by 5pm ish. We stay at Hacienda Merída which is a cool hostel with good breakfast and dinner buffets and amazing sunsets. They also have an English volunteer program where volunteers come for a few weeks at a time and it´s pretty cool. They use those $200 laptop thingies and everything. Chill for the rest of the night... Mérida: The place makes the most amazing oatmeal I´ve ever had, with some kind of fruit and oh ...

... erg benieuwd om dit land te leren kennen. Al onze verwachtingen werden ook ingelost! Nicaragua is een prachtig land, met fantastisch lieve, ongedwongen vriendelijke mensen!!! Het land is nog niet overspoeld door luxe-minnende toeristen, dat authentieke maakt het voor ons nog aantrekkelijker... Wij houden immers niet zo van het massatoerisme!
Dit land heeft zo veel te ...

... prozatimni ztraty. Jako obvykle jsem ztratil dvoje slunecni bryle, ale koupil jsem si dalsi dvoje, takze by mne mely aspon mesic vydrzet. Stejne jako v Jizni Americe se mi podarilo rozbit fotak. Nastesti se jedna o levny automat, ktery jsem si koupil v Jizni Americe. Takze to byly asi ty nejvetsi ztraty. :) V Masaye jsme si prosli kratce mesto, prilehlou ...

... and displaying them. It was the type of discussion I have never had before in my life and have actually never thought I could have one day. In the end, as I knew very little about the Lucanidae insect of Nicaragua, he taught me a lot and just seeing how passionate he was about all those insects made it a refreshing experience. On my way to Granada, I hooked up with a bunch of people to form one happy big group of seven: an interesting combo of six girls and one ...

... get quite close. Another way you´re able to pick out a blind fish is by color. Most fish change their color to some degree based on their surroundings. To a blind fish, it is always dark, always night. The blind fish we saw was jet black while all the healthy ones were gray. When we got back from the dive, Jeffrey-- the station´s director-- asked if the fish still had its eyes (it did). ¨Well, he won´t have them for long!¨ Apparently the seeing fish will swim up and eat ...