Hotel Princess Managua

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

... and were held here for an hour. Just sitting on the bus, going nowhere. There was a road protest (a peaceful one don´t worry, no danger) and we just couldn´t move. When we eventually got going again it was another couple of hours through Honduras. We crossed the border into Nicaragua (still no stamps) and had to pay a couple of dollars just for the hell of it. One of the Tica bus guys came down the bus and gave ...

Just a short ride from Managua to Granada, shanties getting a little rougher and a bit more rubbish about.<br>Agsain some small farming in amongst the larger scale stuff, starting to see sugar cane and in tne distance the cones of volcanoes mostly extinct with clouds skirting round their peaks.<br>Granada is a bit of a tourist place ...

... bus, airco op de goede temperatuur....lets go!<br>Om vijf uur reden we de stad door naar het andere opstappunt om de andere passagiers op te halen. Daar hebben we 45 minuten moeten wachten op de administratie....het werd al licht toen we de stad uitreden....12 uur te gaan, en twee grens overgangen....we zijn er klaar voor.<br>In San Miguel stopten we voor extra passagiers....en na een uur of 4,5 kwamen we bij de grens van El Salvador/Honduras. Zoals gelezen in ...

... me were bones (tibias, jaws, hips) of large animals and large red biohazard bags like you see at the hospital. As I kept walking I started noticing the huge amount of medical supplies that was in the trash. I was shocked! There were vials, needles, IV tubes, syringes, and even a tube with old blood in it.. it was unreal. It also made me thankful that I had thick gym shoes and then when I saw kids rummaging through the trash in bare feet..... I couldn't help but ...

... through this exact forest when all of a sudden a huge storm approached. As this storm poured harder and ********* the young girl she ran for cover. As she sat underneath a tree with her horse, a little boy walked to her. His arms were outstretched and he was asking for warmth. She took off her jacket and gave it to him, by the time she turned around to see if he needed anything else, the pequino chico had left. As the storm lifted she went home, still wondering where he ...

... you have the option of left or right after picking right and walking for 1.5 km we only find a posh hotel for a drink so its back to junction to try left. Which is a much better option as we find two lakeside restaraunts and a good place for a swim which was what we were looking for all along. Signage people please.... We to lazy to walk uphill so grab a cab and head back to masaya. Tonight is thursday night entertainment at the famous masaya craft ...

... drinks and cookies, we felt that it was money well spent! We didn't have a lot of time in Nicaragua, so we kept the trip simple. We spent 2 nights in Grenada, a beautiful colonial town on the north end of Lake Nicaragua. Now almost 2 months into our trip, we are getting brave about eating street food, and decided to try the typical local plate called vigoron, consisting of yucca (like mashed potatoes), cabbage and pork ...

... to strike twice! Nicaragua seems to have the most volcanoes of anywhere in Central America, and quite a lot are active, and more than its share of earthquakes too. And having been picked on by America for so long, it´s a very poor country. I hope things improve, the people are a delight. One thing all the gringos I´ve met and the Nicaraguans agree on - Costa Rica is the pits.