Blogs from Capital Region, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 27

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San José to Managua San José is an easy bus ride from the airport. I stayed at the Gran Hotel Imperial across from the mercado (market). I had left here 18 months ago with no intention of returning. But I got a flight to Miami and while searching for a flight to South America I noticed that they stopped in San Jose, Costa Rica. Why not visit Santos Hotel in Managua where I was the winter before last and see if any of the colourful residents are still about? In Managua I bumped into Rasmus, a Danish friend at the eatery. Last time I saw him he had managed to set up some lobster traps on the coast but that was confiscated by the druggies. This time he was just visiting for a month. Good ... read more
Managua, Nicaragua
Santos Hotel
The Posse


First, check out entry from Granada, I added some photos of the church that I walked past everyday to get to Spanish School. Second, thank god for getting out of Granada! On Friday, I headed out in the back of a truck (the ¨shuttle¨ if you will...) to Lagua de Apoyo. What heaven on earth.... The water was beautiful, a clear teal. The sky, slighty overcast and cloudy, the wind blowing.... Each and everyday I spent most of my days either in the water, or in a hammock. A nice vacation from the real vacation! On Saturday night, the clouds finally parted to reveal an almost full moon! Since the electricity has been sporatic, we could actually see at night! We all took this opportunity to do some naked swimming out in the lake, to the ... read more
La Laguana de Apoyo numero dos


ENGLISH Don't go there! Even the park of peace isn't very peaceful. If you're lucky though you can find a wandering ex-addict artist that will draw your picture whilst having dinner or maybe buy baby turtles and a parrot at the traffic lights. FRANCAIS Managua: à éviter à tout prix. Le parc de la paix, contrairement à ce que son nom suggere, n´est pas un endroi à fréquenter. Si vous avez de la chance, vous rencontrerez peut-etre un artiste qui vous fera le portrait... ... read more
Parque de la paz
Parc de la paix 2
Parc de la paix 3


On the Sunday, my dad took me to the National Zoo, this is the second time I went but I think there were more animals this second time around. We stayed a good 2 hours just looking at the animals, it was very nice..I hope you can someday enjoy the National Zoo once you're in Nicaragua. :) I have more pictures of the nimals..if you wanna see more just contact me :)... read more
Lion at the entrance
Zoo floor
Macaw


Today I went to the volcano with my dad (sorry this time Vlad isn't around) and our driver. It was spectacular, the view, the smoke jejejeje! well I finally went to the top...though my asthma was kicking in..psttttttt! I won...I was at the top with my photographer (Ivan) our driver. Check out the picks!... read more
VOLCANO
The cross
Burning my butt


Well, at my aunt's house we didn't have a washing machine so the maid used to wash everyone's clothes by hand...but check out hot old the technique is...wonderful and it smelled great!!!... read more
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Well after mi cousin's sweet sixteen...I woke up late (the sunday0 but to my amazement my aunts took me around to see the folklor of my country please enjoy the dances and a funeral :) ... read more
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Dances..
Dances..


We decided half-way through our lessons that we needed a day off to absorb and take a break. So we decided to head out to a crater lake nearby. A friend of ours from UVic named Sophie has a cottage on this lake and urged us to go out there and check it out. So we got up early one morning and rented a little motorcycle. With the two of us on board we cruised out to the crater and attempted to find our friend´s place. After some wrong turns and some really rough gravel roads that we should not have been on, we finally found her place. Laguna de Apoyo is a beautiful volcanic crater lake with CRYSTAL clear water. A super nice place. Needless to say we spent the day lazing around, swimming (although ... read more
Laguna de Apoyo 1
Laguna de Apoyo 2
Laguna de Apoyo 3


I went to Nicaragua for many reasons (this second time)but one of the reasons was to be at my cousin Maria Isabel's sweet 15...it was huge it started like 5 days before (the decorations) the flowers, the manicures, the belly dancers, my family and the people...check it out! (I took a few pictures but the party was huge!... read more
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C´est aujourd´hui que Myra retourne au Quebec. Prends soins de toi et on te revoit aux fetes! J.P.... read more
Des bebailles de Myra




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