Granada

Trip Start Apr 08, 2008
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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Finally left Ometepe yesterday on the 5:30 am Lancha in hopes that i might be able to arrange some transportation before the blockades went up around 8. This turned out to be partially true in that I was able to get a taxi to Rivas, but thats about it. Found the tica/nica bus stations to find out when the busses left (the international busses are still running). The lady at the tica station wouldnt sell me a ticket, and the lady at the nica one kept telling me to come back at 11. Spent the next few hours lounging around in the heat. Around 10 i was ¨enjoying¨ my breakfast of a large loaf of stale bread when i saw some gringas talking to some bike-taxis across the street. I ran over to find out how they got into town only to hear the same story yet again--exorbitant prices for short taxi rides. I told them that it might be possible to hitch a ride, so we went off to attempt it. Withing 10 minutes I got us a ride to granada in the back of a pickup.
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Granada is beautiful. The intensely colored buildings are quite a change from tin roof architecture of ometepe and the drab monotony of rivas. Walked around town a bit yesterday, climbed the belltower of la iglesia merced for a breathtaking panoramic view of the city where I ran into a girl i met on ometepe who, as it turned out, knew the girl i met in rivas from costa rica. Small world this is. It rained last night, hard. I love tropical rain. I love rain in general. Dinner was a fish, sans guts (but otherwise completely whole), covered entirely on one side with garlic. It was good, but I think im paying for it today--my stomach hurts quite a bit....or maybe it´s all the flor de caña. Went out dancing last night at café atuí? Good times. Would have liked to continue on to león today, but not feeling so good and my travel partner (Mary de Maine) wants to stay another night. They all went off for a boat trip around la isletas this morning, and while im sure it will be beautiful and unforgettable, at the moment i prefer the company of my hammock and a bottle of water.
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