Managua Hotels

- 8 months - 7 x 2 countries - 6 pairs of shoes - 5 star hotels? Err, no. - 4 better or worse - 3 continents - 2 willing participants - 1 ton soup - 0 Korean, Japanese, or Spanish spoken by either of us at time of departure

... guys came down the bus and gave us all forms to fill in, looking for name, age, profession, where we were staying in Managua (some dodgy hostel please), how long we were staying for etc etc.  He then collected those forms along with our passports and ...

... didn’t look like the sheets had ever been washed so I used the invaluable travel sheet instead.  Sunday, 12 September, Day 229 Managua, Nicaragua     In the morning I caught a taxi up to the top of a hill to a lookout over the ...

... for trying to bring an open container onto the street.  Muy Forbidden.  In the most dangeous neighborhood in Managua, no open containers.   We finished and went back and played cards for a while, because there was nothing ...

... on "Stand Fast," or lock down. We're not supposed to leave our sites and under no circumstances are we to go into Managua (barring medical emergencies). You'd never know there was so much happening in Managua by the state of things here in San Isidro. ...

... and while everybody else is changing money and doing customs the American goes off and finds another beer. Four hours later we reach Managua. The heart of the city is full of derelict buildings left over from an earth quake in 1972. The only things left ...

... seemed Like the best place...think it was 2nd or 1st listed in Lonely Planet....I wanted to check out the lagoons and Lake Managua...take a taxi to the University and all the buses are right across the street...ask the guy shouting bus locations which you ...

... hours about the things we've found, but frankly, I hate typing so that'll all have to wait.)  Ok, back to Managua.  Fabretto has a working relationship with the Ministry of Education and they (kind of) work with them on their curriculum but ...

... and the FSLN won. Two weeks before we flew down here, there were violent demonstrations in the streets of Managua. These were liberals protesting the recent election of Alexis Arguello, former welterweight boxing champion, as mayor of the capital ...

... to Leon anyway. Eventually arrived into Managua at 11.30 that night after over 15 hours of travelling.. Of course Managua is no picnic either and where the hotels are is very dodgy so we took a taxi to a hotel 8 blocks away cos i really doubt you would ...

... and was devastated by an earthquake in 1980’s. So there is a clear demarcation of the pre- and post- earthquake cities. Managua itself has some beautiful cathedrals and is on the banks of lake Managua. The city is not that impressive and we used it ...

... best Spanish. This enduced a huge giggle from Segnorita Margarita, and she gave us an extra big bowl of chicken soup. We rode to Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, and started our search for a place to sleep. The first hotel we came to was the Auto Hotel ...

... the coolness of the mornings. 25km south of León, the highway splits and one can take a northern loop, or southern loop into Managua. We picked the northern loop because there are more towns on that route. Later we learned the south route is the old ...

... get to watch Kindergarten Cop. After what seemed like several hours waiting at the border, we finally made it into Nicaragua, and eventually Managua. As we all disembarked I met a trio of Germans, and we agreed to share a taxi to one of the recommended ...

... 's Day, the beach was packed with children and families. It seems that they arrived during the night by the busload from Managua, Granada, and all across Nicaragua.  The beaches of San Juan del Sur provide the perfect playground with ample space to ...