La Pyramide Managua

... directions. <br><br>For some reason they gave me back my little bag complete with my wallet and everything that was in there besides the memory stick, money and bank card. The woman even "kindly" zipped it up and put it in my lap. I started feeling really claustrophobic and overheated and gasped that I was hot. The woman lifted my hat up slightly so my nose and mouth were exposed and told the driver to turn on the air conditioning. <br><br>All this ...

... Turns out UPS only sells boxes to people who ship with them. We drove to DHL. Same story. We drove to an office supply store where we bought one new box and a used one, packing tape, and craft paper. The store didn't have bubble wrap so we drove to another store to buy the bubble wrap. We then drove back home, cut up the boxes to see if they'd wrap around the hammocks. They did. So back to the post office we went, once again hauled in our ...

... have liked to stay longer but unfortunatly the nearest bank was a 1 1/2 hour bus ride away and I showed up with very little money.<br>I wasnt looking forward to walking back up the road to where the bus stopped so it was very convinient when I saw Edwardo in the surf and he offered me a lift back to San Juan the next day.<br><br>First day back in San Juan and I was off on another boat trip to find some surf, normally its $30 but on this paticular day the owner decided he ...

... potatoes, corn, salsa, vegetables, quesadillas, and other stuff. <br><br>We then headed back to the hotel.. and on our way we ran into traffic. It wasn't until we got close to all the commotion that I realized we were delayed because of a protest. Then, when I saw rainbow balloons and flags along with the many manly figures in heels and women's scandalous clothing - I knew exactly what kind of protest was going on haha. I was cracking up! We just so happened to need gas at a gas ...

... haha<br><br>We were then picked up by our driver (who is going to be our driver the whole trip) and he was very nice and spoke English. We went to the hotel, and I was pleasantly surprised!!! It is gated and the rooms are clean, warm showers, free wi-fi, a TV, andddddddddd no bugs in my bed! There were lizards on the ceiling outside my room, but I just ignored them.<br><br>Once we got settled in our hotel room we were all excited to be here so we decided to check out the Managua ...

So we made it!! This is just a quick entry as I am behind like 4 days. We got into Granada at 9pm and the hotel was all but empty which was great because we had the place to ourselves. Chad and I quickly got settled and relaxed for an hour and head to bed. Next morning we just walked around the town ...

... was fun. Just like Russian ones: lots of rows, selling everything from soap and napkins to hair clips to shoes and clothes to makeup to mangos to drinks. Very much fun to walk around. We saw these big buckets of something that looked like soup - a lot of vegetables were floating in there. But it smelled, and didnt look too good so we didnt stop. They are not very sanitary about meat, and it smells. Not terrible to the point of making you sick, but bad ...

... immers aan de zuidoever van het Managua-meer.<br><br>Het is nog zeer vroeg én het is zondagochtend, dus de malecón ligt er nog verlaten bij. <br>'s Avonds (en zeker op zondagavond) blijkt dit hier echter 'the place to be' te zijn: eet- en drankstalletjes (de ene naast de andere), oorverdovende muziek en een kermisrad zijn dan de attractie voor de plaatselijke bevolking. <br><br>We slenteren wat op de pier, wandelen vervolgens langs het standbeeld van Simon Bolivar en de ...

... mistni obyvatele a misence. K tomu se pote pridal ohnostroj a delbuchy (ty nesmi chybet na zadne akci) a nakonec pruvod se sochama svatych. ;) Bylo to prijemne. Odpoledne jsme pak prosli centrum Granady az k jezeru a den zakoncili v nasi oblibene restauraci. Pohodovy, tradicemi prosyceny den. ;)

Managua is supposed to be Leon's conservative rival, and I could tell the vibe was different here. It seemed a little rougher, maybe a little dirtier, the people a little less outgoing. I stayed in the Oasis, which was a nice hostel, but felt grungy compared to Lazybones in Leon, which I loved. The one aspect where I felt that Managua was far and above Leon was the architecture. There are so many bright colors and cool courtyards all around. That said, I didn't do much in town. Managua ...