Hotel Kekoldi

... the music, and food. Sights in this picturesque area include Cahuita National Park (great for snorkeling as it still has coral reef alive), Gandoca Manzanillo Wildlife refuge, Punta Uva, Puerto Viejo, Talamanca, and the Kekoldi Indian Reserve.

... of us – clearly a little investigation paid off, $40 indeed!  On arrival in Granada we made our way over to the Hotel Kekoldi where we had made a reservation for 3 nights.  It was easy to find and as we arrived the receptionist offered us ...

... which is a square in the middle of the town surrounded by restaurants, horse carriages and street vendors. We stayed at a hotel called Hotel Kekoldi de Granada and the hotel was a really good deal! It was simple but beautiful, colorful, clean, with lots ...

... was pretty uncomplicated, although the driver was going about 10 clicks too fast and weaved through traffic quite aggressively. We arrived to hotel Kekoldi in central downtown. Leo gave us a warm welcome and  the low down on getting in and out of the ...

... border crossing to Costa Rica. We then overnight in Liberia before continuing on to San Jose, where we'll be at the Hotel Kekoldi as before, thus completing our circuit. We arrived here yesterday afternoon after a few days on Ometepe. San Juan and ...

... to sleep, so we made our way back to our hotel to pack up our bags as we were moving to our posh Christmas hotel tomorrow.  We had a lovely evening; drinking wine, laughing a lot and generally enjoying each other’s company – which after ...

The day started with a good breakfast at the hotel. It could have been a whole different story because we went to breakfast at 9am, which clearly was an error as there was nothing left.  Chris in a mood asked for some more and the staff were great, ...

... to help them out! Run in space donated by local businesses this certainly was no relaxing nirvana, but for $15 for the hour we felt we were doing our part for charity. Yet another lovely hotel that Tucan put us up in .... however we got bed bugs. Yuk. ...

I decided to skip the capital of Nicaragua because even guidebooks damn it with the faint praise "that if you stay there long enough, it grows on you."  That sounds like a bad fungal infection, and, in this humidity, what could be worse?  Well, ...

What a journey we had to Granada from San Jose! We decided to take local buses as it would be far cheaper than a tourist bus, so we started off our journey early yesterday morning. The bus to the border of Costa Rica wasn't too bad but then we were left ...

An absolutely beautiful colonial city and famous with tourist. I can understand why. I has lovely buildings, churches, and cobblestone streets. It lies on the northwestern shore of the Lake Nicaragua. Wikipedia: The city has been witness and victim to ...

3 days of seeinbg the best of Nicaragua, vulcano, market, Lake Nicaragua... ...

Well we just arrived in Costa Rica. We were thrilled to leave the hectic Airport and head to the apartment we'll be staying at for the next two months. On our car ride their we were practically silent the whole time just soaking up the different ...