Ac Granada

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... (the highest mountain range on the mainland) and the sneak preview of the Alhambra.  We spent a few days exploring Granada on foot...the Alhambra, the old Muslim quarter Albayzin with it's middle eastern flavor and the neighborhoods where the ...

... again, the arabic people lived there for a lonnnnnnggg time), but they were all converted when the catholics came. I also learned that Granada means pomegranite, and that they have song bird fights....They put song birds in cages, 1 male in each cage, and ...

... the Alahambra that next morning. The Alahambra was a Moorish Castle for over 250 years back when the Muslims controlled half of Spain. Granada was the last bastion of the Moorish Kingdom in Spain and the Alahambra was their "Alamo". If you remember the ...

... the immense poverty all around you. Many houses didn´t have windows and looked like ´burned out shells´ with corrogated roofs. Even Granada, itself is ´on the upswing´. There is a small, nice tourist area with a block of european style open air ...

... , rice and avocados and lots of mango from street merchants as an almost daily afternoon ritual. Another interesting find here in Granada is that people are selling local cashews  and chocolate everywhere on the streets so we indulged in some of that ...

... and evenings to recouperate, and this weekend we rented a car and driver with some friends and took off to see the sights around Granada. Have a look at the pictures!!   Vi har fått noen spørsmål hjemmefra, som vi tenkte vi kunne svare på her: ...

This past weekend, my friends from Leon and I went to Granada for the annual "Feria" or street festival. We figured all the tourists that would sign up for hikes would be there and not here so we should be there too! This place is by far the coolest town ...

... here. We are going to "Toss the salad",  and make a move.  We hired a tourist cab company for the ride from Granada to the Agusto Sandino International Airport in Managua. We rode in a SUV, AC,  doors all worked, one driver from Columbia ...

This is Dante's paradise. A different legend etched into every stone of this monumental Arabic fortress. Mystical waterfalls burst through every wall, over trees and over paths worn out over the years which provides the visitor with a tantalisingly ...

... a very shady part of town. We are going for dinner in a few minutes. Since we only stayed in Tegus for one night, we didn't really do anything here. Just a stopover on the way to Granada the next day. The only pictures I have are from the hotel ...

... will be planning another Euro Trip soon with the five of us! :)  Semana Santa: Nerja, Cordoba, Marbella, Gibraltar, Cadiz, Granada, Sevilla = ANDALUSIA!!! April 15-16 Friday, April 15th began Semana Santa, and my spring break. On Friday and Saturday ...

... surfers from around the world come to Leon to Surf. This is very much an old colonial city. The buildings are very similar to Granada, but more extreme. While the buildings are old, in Leon, they look and feel even older. The weather was even hotter than ...

... er lange og hvite, vannet har omtrent badekartemperatur, og solen steker. Det er varmt, men den vannvittige heten vi hadde i Granada på slutten er erstattet med frisk bris om ettermiddagen og behagelige netter. (Dessuten har vi AC som gjør at vi sover ...

Halfway through the ferry ride from Granada to Ometepe we decided we would NOT, as originally planned, ferry back to Granada. Our ferry ride was only 4 hours long. Plus the 1 ½ hours we sat on the ferry prior to leaving Granada. All in all, not bad. But ...

... our atv expedition. Several days later we headed off to the colonial city of Granada. This city is hot! Imagine charleston without AC and you have Granada. I found an Irish pub and sat and talked with the owner for a few hours and he gave me some tips on ...

... hotel, a bit steep but I didn`t feel up to walking around town with my bags.  Besides probably only staying two nights here.  Will take some pics of Granada and upload tomorrow,  is almost 9:30 past my usual bed time.  hehe.. ttys L. ...

... på tirsdagen. Båten til Big Corn går ikke på dager med mye vind da sjøen blir altfor høy for de små båtene. For å være på sikre siden pakket vi sammen på kort varsel og fløy tilbake til managua og dro videre til vakre og livlige Granada. ...

... The next morning we started the longest bit of our long slog up towards the Yucatan. The 1st leg of this was a bus journey out of Granada, across the Honduran border to the capital, Tegucigalpa. This was meant to be a 10 hour bus, but, as buses tend to in ...