Don Juan Granada

I have seen the rain. I have felt the pain. I don't know where I'll be tomorrow. I don't know where I'm going. I don't even know where I've been. But i know I'd like to see you again Spend my days just searching. Spend my nights in dreams. Stop ...

I don't like snow. So I came to Nicaragua.

... , a huge ocean liner drops anchor and sends boat loads of tourists clamouring for the buses to be sent to Granada. This of course has pushed San Juan del Sur into the unenviable position of clamouring for tourist dollars as well. There is a terrible ...

... stop was the small foklore village of Catarina, which has a viewpoint over the Apoyo lake and Granada in the background.  Then it was onto San Juan Del Oriente, another small folklore village where they make ceramics and other handicrafts.  Both ...

... Iīve never seen so much chicken in one place in my life. On the way back we had our first shared taxi ride. Taxis in Granada are licensed and cost a flat fee of 10 cordobas inside the city, so itīs in the taxi drivers interest to have as many people in ...

... Jorge where we caught a bus bound for Managua (the Capital of Nic.) we jumped off half way and caught another bus bound for Granada. Wow what a gorgeous city. It's the oldest city on the continent and has so much history. All we did last night was go for ...

... to splash out $20 each on an air conditioned mini bus for the three and a half hour trip - flashbackers indeed. We arrived in Granada in the dark with nowhere to stay. No change there then. We took a look at the accomodation options open to us and one ...

... Mirador de San Nicolas to watch the sunset over the Alhambra (the moorish palace complex on the hill directly opposite the Albayzin). Granada truly is a magical, enchanting place I'd like to get to know better - I'm thinking of coming back down here and ...

... , that might come as a shock for me but it isn't.  Hotal La Pergola is an old colonial house in the center of Granada. We appreciate the airconditiooning and the luxury of the place, and that is really not overwhelming. The city is very small and ...

... though. (Not to mention the discovery that Nicaraguan beer is superior to Costa Rican in both flavour and value.) After leaving San Juan and rides in a pickup truck, two taxis, a boat and two buses we reached our destination on Isla Ometepe, the ...

... a nearby town take the passengers to imoorted american coaches, the tourists then spend their money in granada and the locals haven't seen a dollar. Profits and benefits don't go to the locals. Many of the genuinely local places just didn't seem to cater ...

... huge fort built on a hilltop overlooking the river. From here the Spanish were able to keep the British and pirates from attacking Granada and other upriver settlements. The town is situated at the foot of a large rapid called "El Diablo (the devil), ...

... it was time to move on. I caught a local chicken bus to San Juan del la Sur a beach resort close to the Costa Rican border. Granada by the way is an other nice Colonial style town. It is situated by a Lake which should be an ideal setting but th lake ...

... Rivas ($.75), I opted to stand to avoid car sickness and it worked. We parted ways with Stefan in Rivas who was bound for Granada. The little mercado/bus terminal was very colorful and very dirty. I snapped a few photos and then we walked to El Banco to ...

... Fred couldnīt work it out but the rental place charged me a days budget for it so was a bit of a bummer but not enough to lose the sheen of the day! Awesome! Time is getting the better of me though so we are off again...to Granada! Watch this ...

... a volcano but does not actually erupt. The volcano blasted out hot rocks and bits of crater floor a distance of 500 meters. Granada, Nicaragua's oldest Spanish city, was founded in 1524 by the conquistadors. It was burned almost to the ground by the ...

... had heard about a certain cigar factory, Dona Elba Cigars, owned by a man named Silvio Reyes. (He ran for mayer of Granada last year; I don't know if he won). Dona Elba cigars are sold in the US under the brandname Verdadero Organic, last year they were ...

... going by caused by the boiling lava beneath. This mountain is alive and an incredible sight! Check out the pictures! Kiteboarding, Granada and Isla de Ometepe After Leon, I headed with my friends Itay (Israel), Tijs (Holland) and Nati (Israel) ...

... bad that you don't speak Spanish. But I have a feeling that's why you went to San Juan in the first place. I may stay in Granada and head to San Juan w the group from last night for new yrs. I may stay in Granada for new yrs. I don't want to go to ...

... hoped. However this time I have to admit, as bad as I felt, I didnīt mind leaving early that day as it meant arriving in Granada earlier. These have definitely been the best part of the trip so far and I am really going to miss it here. And the main ...

... interesting.  I have to backtrack a few days to be able to keep my story straight. So August 4 I arrived safely in Granada.  I'd checked in to the Bearded Monkey Hostel, as it's presumably a backpacking institution, and I wanted to see what the ...