Matagalpa, Nicaragua

Matagalpa in the northern highlands of Nicaragua is best known for it`s coffee plantations, although most of it´s exported to rich western countries which means the local stuff is often of the nescafé variety. Hmph. The bus from Leon to here was an ...

... so off I went on my £30.00 bicycle, full of hope.  I found the Hotel Bermuda fairly quickly.  If Nicaragua has a trade description act, the name of the hotel definitely contravened it.  The place seemed deserted, if not completely abandoned, ...

... actually reads 'the act like witness Witnessed the gentlemen'.  Maybe the translator thought he was translating the certificate of Nicaragua's first gay married couple.  Maybe the translator didn't exist and my lawyer was making a quick buck at ...

... mountain to town. Back in Matagalpa, we caught a cab to return to the hotel, which was on the east side of town. In Nicaragua, taxis service works a bit differently. You hail a cab on the street, and the driver, who may have a passenger in there already, ...