Hotel La Pergola Granada

... to the rain & therefore the trip was cancelled. Other 3pm tours had a lready left & 4pm departures were either not running or private. Luckily the agency told me I could go independently & phoned to arrange it for me. Just got the microbus that stopped at the park and paid $10 for entry & 50 cordobas for the transport. Turns out it was all national park employees leading the tours anyway so instead of paying a total of $35 ended up spending just over ...

... or something. Tiny cafes with trendy names were just spilling out onto the palm lined streets. Well, like Europe, except wayyy cheaper.. and with stray dogs, kids trying to sell you lollipops, and lots of rocking chairs. Have we mentioned how much Nicas love rocking chairs yet? They are EVERYWHERE. And people, young and old, sit in them all day long, but especially in the evening. It´s pretty cool; we decided they are an underrated piece of furniture in the ...

... had at the foot of her bed suddenly stopped eating and at night the girl would wake up and find the snake lying right next to her, straight as a ruler. She thought this behaviour was a bit odd and was also concerned about the lack of eating so took the snake to the vet. The vet was not very informative about snakes and said that he would put in some calls to reptile specialists and snake specialists and come back to her about it. Meanwhile the snake was still not ...

Granada is an old colonial town just SE of the capital.  The first day we arrived we just walked around the old town enjoying the churches and old architecture.  After that we headed out to the coast of Lake Nicaragua to find a place to camp for the night.  Lake Nicaragua is soooo large that it looks like the ocean.  They even have a small population of bull sharks in the lake, very rare ...

... Inside, the floor was covered in paper a dirt and the place was dimly lit.<br><br>They had buses that left at 5am, 7am, 9am, and 12pm. The guy told us there was no room until 12pm. I asked what time that would put us in Granada. He said hold on and actually went outside to ask the woman who was selling things this question. I guess she was quite knowledgeable about TransNica, I still dont know if she worked for the company or not.<br><br>THe ...

Granada ist wieder ein kleines suesses Staedtchen mit farbigen Haeuschen und viel Leben auf den Strassen. Mir hat das natuerlich wieder sehr gefallen... Nur leider war das rumlaufen fuer Lea und mich die Hoelle pur, denn vielleicht erinnert sich einer noch an den Vulkan-runterrenn-Wettbewerb... Ich -oder besser gesagt wir, Lea einfach mit einem tag Verzoegerung- hatten ja sooo was von Muskelkater, trotz intensiven Dehnen ...

... 2hours, we could not bribe the officials (possibly the only people in central america that you cannot bribe), paid our fine, and headed into Nicaragua, which may possibly be the best country so far! We passed through a really nice small town of Somoto to get a super cheap beer/lunch combo, and headed to Esteli (which is coffee country). This was not as happening as we thought it would be so we headed down to the travellers capital of Leon. First ...

... der ikke gror noget på øen de kan spise. Da vi kom derhen vrimlede det med aber der hang ned i grenene for at nå båden fordi de troede vi havde mad med. De var slet ikke bange, for de er vant til at leve af det turister kommer ud med i både. Vi havde ikke hørt om det inden vi tog af sted, så vi havde desværre ikke noget mad til dem. Vi tog tilbage til hotellet, og om aftenen havde vi fået bord på en lokal restaurant der har en buffet med alt det typiske mad fra ...