Hotel Mozonte Managua

... be more excited... It's some ****ed up ****. There are four stages to culture shock i have learned. The first being the previously mentioned "honeymoon" phase, the second is called the "hostile" phase, the third-"grin and bear it" phase, and finally the "adjustment" phase. I feel as though I have just married Nicaragua... <br>So this is as far as I have gotten... hopefully this elation maintains itself for at least another month or so.. cuz I can guarantee the "hostile" phase wont be pretty.

... and looked over a wall into a huge crater that was constantly emitting gases and steam. It was really awesome.<br><br>Thennnn.. it was time for the bats - AH! We all got hard hats and flash lights and went on a pretty intense hike to this bat cave. We walked up and down some steep hills, then through a forest to get to this thing. I am not going to lie, I was a bit nervous about the bats, but more so about being to big for the cave! [our guides were both ...

... in the village bought some strings, had breakfast and then asked some children of the village to catch some crabs for us. Breaking away their legs we attached them at our self made fishing-rod, climed on a tree and tried to fish some. Eventually we ended up with nothing in our hands and only the idea in our heads to go and get some beer. Wandering around the only street existing we took a break at a soda... had a few liters of Toña for lunch and headed ...

La grande soeur de Masaya! Ville plus touristique, mais fort agréable avec d`excellents restaurants à très bons prix! Ça fait changement du traditionnel RICE &amp; BEANS! Courte escale et point de départ pour se rendre à Isla Ometepe par bateau!

... food for lunch and a tasty little quesadilla for dinner. I didn´t get to try a nacatamal (Nicaraguan tamale, apparently more similar to a Mexican tamale) or the bigorones they sell in the park, thank goodness since it looks kind of gross, but here in this country they sell rosquettes all year long, it seems like, whereas my old host mom only made them during Semana Santa/Easter so that was a sweet surprise. CR: Made it back to ...

We took a bus to Managua this morning on our quest to make it to Mexico! We met a lovely couple on the bus who we decided to spend the day and night with, so we blagged them a free room at our hostel in the false cover of reporters for our website! Nice work we thought! In exchange for a free room they insisted on cooking us dinner. Who are we to refuse?! So we had the most amazing lentil stew for a late afternoon meal. After that we headed into town to look around the shopping centre ...

We are six weeks, 2 in Panama and 4 weeks in Nicaragua. It is hot here in the coastal lowlands. The heat and humidity are only abated by the wind and nightfall. We have enjoyed the A&amp;C when it is available and when we could afford it. We still find the prices here higher than expected for both food and shelter. Over the holidays we watched as the world celebrated the coming of the new year. We also watched as Latin America celebrated 50 year anniversary of the ...

Time starting to become prominent in or minds we decided to miss the coast and head in what seemed a natural progression to Granada. A direct quote from the good book for you "For most people the highlight of there Central America experience". A couple of buses was all it took. A change in the countries Capital Managua. Through Craft centro Masaya with a mental note taken to return and into "most peoples highlight". Oasis, a grubby hostel ...

Day 3<br> I slept well during the night, no bug problems. I woke up once and noticed that a light was on in the girls' room. When I opened the door, they all gasped in fear and fell off the bed! When they saw the door move, they thought whatever was making noises was going to get them. We found out later that it was lizards. They are small and loud but only poisonous if you touch them ...

... soundtrack, so we all danced in the back. <br><br>Once at the site, we all started heading down to the main event area. As is usual in this part of the world, there was a lot of standing around. We bought FSLN paraphernalia and drank some beers. Fortunately, all in my group had the good sense to avoid the ¨leche¨ vendors and their little bottles of gasoline-grade liquor. <br><br>By the time the speeches started, a few Nicas were starting to get drunk and the crowd was ...