Hotel Montserrat Managua

... fare - standard gringa discount. For a small lady she can really let loose!<br><br>It was nice to be back 'home' - there's nothing like the feeling that someone is looking out for you when surrounded by unfamiliarity and that's exactly what our hosts have done. They took us on a tour of Managua yesterday and showed us the highlights of the city. Managua is not easy to love with it's unnamed streets, highways cutting here and there ...

... ourselves to this newfound beach culture. We quickly realized we needed to get hammocks and some Presidente Cervezas. We spent the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying the beach while the tide washed in directly under our hammocks. We were often greeted by locals wanting to know who we where and beach vendors selling seafood cocktails, cotton candy, jewelry and cowboy hats.<br><br>Another day that spilled culture into all the senses.

... after playing!<br><br>Luckily we all got to take a break, relax, and eat some lunch. However, the break could not have lasted long enough.... before I knew it we were back with my newfound best friend, concrete. Oh how I hate concrete now. Today we had to mix another batch and then patch up the holes around the school wall. We all thought this would be way easier than it really was... but the first batch of concrete we made was too runny and just slid right down the wall and did ...

... the dishes without running water. All I can say, is there is no way we got those dishes clean, or how any of the dishes are clean down here....... no wonder why I got sick this morning haha. <br><br>We went back to Nica Hope office and I helped organize the jewelry store. The kids make jewelry in school in attempts to make some money -- or else their parents might not let them come because they need them rummaging through garbage to try and make money. The jewelry they make is ...

... in San Salvador grumpy, sweaty and exhuasted from no sleep. We managed to get a bus straight to Santa Ana and recovered with a delicious Salvadorean creation known as the Pupusa. Beans, cheese and pork stuffed into corn dough, patted flat and fried before being served with spicy salad and chilli sauce on top. We gobbled it down in the road like a pair of tramps, much to the amusement of the swishly dressed Salvadorenos. There's a real difference between here and Nicaragua ...

... We landed too late to partake this night, so walked a couple doors down and had ceviche and some beers. Local beers are primarily Victoria and Tona, with Victoria having a Premium and Frost version, too. Tona is supposedly a lager, but Carrie preferred the Victoria because it's like having sex on the beach: f***ing close to water! Managua's a typical "second world" city, with nearly all buildings in disrepair, aesthetics and "code ...

... bewuste wagen gebracht. Deze staat op een grote parking vlakbij het luxueuze Pharaohs-casino en bijhorend hotel, parking waar al de huurwagens van de autoverhuurbedrijven (Avis, Budget, ...) gestald staan. Het is ook hier dat we de wagen terug zullen moeten afzetten aan het eind van onze reis.<br><br>Het is al tamelijk laat en daar we voor de eerste nacht geen hotel vanuit België hebben gereserveerd, moeten we er nog een vinden. De man van de autoverhuur stuurt ons naar hotel ...

... when Rikki was jumping up and down on the bed. That's the problem with me and alcohol - it makes me sleep. I think I'm much more fun sober. Rikki woke up much more hungover than I did though, but maybe I just know not to baby my hangover and get out of bed. The trick is to get up and have a cold shower and a bit of a walk and you're good as new. We loved El Tunco - we spent our days playing in the waves and covering eachother in sand and making drip castles.

... l'acces aux toilettes ne soit jamais a moins de 2min de course a pied. Mais une fois encore ce fut la grande deception. Un dimanche soir, nous ne trouvions rien d'ouvert ou du moins rien d'animer. Decus, nous rentrions a l'hotel pour regarder un film tranquilement, Alex aussi un peu pour sa tentative de la derniere chance avec la manager de l'hotel qui, etudiant elle aussi la compta/finance, avait trouve en lui son homologue parfait (du moins intellectuellement ...

... their bayonets, and even how one used his bayonet to "extract" a living foetus from a pregnant woman, before smashing it against a rock as she lay there dying. What makes these stories even more shocking in some ways is that this was all being funded by US taxpayers. It´s hard to understand how these kind of actions were deemed by the US government to be "vital for the safety and security of US citizens", but then what do I know, I´m not the US president. Anyway, it was a 13km walk ...