Blogs from Northern Highlands, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 2

10/02/15 Nicaragua. We hadden plannen om te liften richting de grens maar het was duidelijk dat dit heel moeilijk is vanuit een grote stad. Dan maar met de bus. Op naar " dos manos ", één van de drie grensposten. De grens Honduras - Nicaragua, heel rustig, bijna geen auto's en toeristen in geen geval. Heel veel vrachtwagens met bananen en volgens mij uiteraard..koffie! De volgende poging om te liften, ' tja alstr gèn oto's zin kundje moeilik liftn é '! ( koppig zoals ik ben dit 'olik' willen proberen maar na een uur rustig wandelen in deze ongeloooooofelijke rustige en mooie zonnige streek ja inderdaad gelukkig dat mijn reisgenoten graag wandelen en dit slechts met een veel te zware backpack rugzak en gitaar dan maar met de bus richting..) Ocotal, Negova .. / Nicaragua en ... read more

The third Central American peak on my tick list was Pico Mogotón in Nicaragua situated directly on the border with Honduras. During the 1980s Nicaraguan Contra War the Sandinista government, fearing a US invasion from Honduras, heavily mined the area. The Nicaraguan army has since cleared the area of mines and a handful of trekkers have been tagging the peak ever since. A guide is still an excellent idea not only because of the possibility of a stray mine but because the trail is mostly unmarked, very indistinct, and difficult to follow in places. I was nearly snubbed not because of the trek itself but because I could not find the farm where the trail starts and guides are procured. By the time I found the farm with the assistance of a logging truck driver it ... read more

As we mentioned in our last blog, we took a bus to Nicaragua last Tuesday. After a few hours we reached the border and it took 3 hours to cross it... First we got out of the bus to let our passport stamp by the Costa Rican officials. After everybody was back on the bus, the driver came to collect our passports and some money (without further explanation, so some of us got worried after a while...). A kilometer further we had to get out of the bus again and collect our luggage. It was a chaotic place, people selling all kind of stuff, offering to change money or trying to carry your luggage to earn something. And in between all this there were some long tables where you had to put your luggage, waiting for ... read more

It's the middle of November 2012, which means I arrived in Moropoto about 4 years ago as a Peace Corps Agriculture & Food Security volunteer. Lenin and I left Nicaragua about the 3rd week of January 2011. I won't bore you with details, but here are the highlights..... Realized I came home a few weeks pregnant; Lenin got his green card on St. Patricks Day; we worked over the summer; Isabel Vilma Torrez-Baade was born on October 17th, 2011; Lenin passed his full driving test just about that time. Now Isabel is a year old but acts so much older! I am 30 (!). Lenin continues working at the resort. He just requested all of his days that he could and we are headed back to Nicaragua for the holidays. We'll be here for Thanksgiving and ... read more

10.10. bis 12.10. Nach einer kurzweiligen und angenehmen Autofahrt von Leon nach Matagalpa (2 Stunden), wurden wir vom Besitzer der Finca, die uns für die nächsten drei Tage beherbergen sollte, abgeholt. Jürgen, ursprünglich aus Regensburg, lebt seit über 10 Jahren in Nicaragua und hat im Bergland eine Finca. Nach einer halbstündigen Fahrt in die Berge und einer sehr holprigen Zufahrt (wir erinnern uns an den Weg zu Pubudus Hotel in Sri Lanca) kamen wir in der Finca an. Diese liegt sehr idyllisch im Regenwald und besteht aus einem Haupthaus und fünf Cabanas. Kaum angekommen, gab es bereits ein gutes Mittagessen. Am Nachmittag machte Jürgen mit uns und einer Familie aus Managua eine Führung durch seinen großen Garten. Er hat selbst eine kleine Kaffeeplantage, gewinnt Strom aus einem kleinen Kraftwerk, Heißwasser gewinnt er mittels Solar. Die Finca ... read more