Blogs from Northern Highlands, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 4

Gillian - with this country, this amazing place in the mountains of Nica. Richard doesn't know it yet but I owe him a cigar for pointing us in this direction and talking his mom-in-law into taking us under her wing. just have to say that the last night in leon, we had a really wonderful meal at mediterraneo. the indoor/outdoor dining was loverly, the lobster pasta a steal, and the veggie lasagna worth taking to go. after a short stumble, some nice guy pointed us through the market stalls to the hidden bus station and the bus to matagalpa was fairly painless. another little stumble in matagalpa where i discovered I didn't have all the nice info that richard had sent - it was buried in my email which was not accessible until the electricity came ... read more

We headed out this morning without a shower. I still feel clean from the multiple showers a day at PBR. Plus, shared showers are not my fav. We went on the search for Baleadas. Since today is our last day in Honduras & we've been told there aren't any in Nicaragua we have made that a priority. We sat in a little Comedor & had coffee (cup with saucer, love it!) & a baleada. Not as good as Mayra's on Jewel Cay but I can't imagine any will ever hold up to hers. Then we began our search for a cigar factory. Danli is supposedly the town in Honduras known for cigars. However, after asking different people & being pointed in different directions & getting several looks like they had no idea what a cigar was, ... read more

El D&D microbrewery es muy lindo, con muchos arboles, una piscina un restaurante, hamacas etc. Tuvimos mucho hambre y comimos BLT sanwiches con licuados muy ricos! Esa tarde caminamos un poco pero nos sentimos muy mal y volvimos a la habitación muy rapido! No comimos la cena, y por desayuno solamente comimos tostada con nada y agua. Es lastima porque el Lago Yojoa es muy lindo pero no lo pudimos ver mucho. El segundo dia caminamos un poco al lago pero solamente por un poco de tiempo y volvimos muy rapido al hotel. Por la cena comimos poco y hablamos con amigos en el restaurante. Habia muchos hummingbird feeders con muchos hummingbirds. Eventualmente nos sentimos mucho mejor y pudimos viajar. Tomamos un bus a Tegucigalpa, la capital de Honduras a las 6.30am. En Tegucigalpa habian taxis ... read more

18 January 2011 Tuesday 10:40 am We leave Nicaragua in one week. We are mostly packed, though we need to borrow a scale today to make sure the huge suitcase doesn’t weigh more than 50 lbs. Also, need to check the weight of the small suitcase that is crammed with papers, albums, and everything heavy. Lenin and his grandfather and his father and his brother are out buying a piece of land that is right next to the house where I live. It’s a fairly decent piece of land, especially for sembraring the beans and corn that everyone thinks about. Buying land here involves having a topographer come out with his GPS to put in all the points in the property line and then going to a lawyer to exchange the cash and get the title ... read more

02 January 2011 Sunday 11:45 am I’ve been missing in action lately. I haven’t written on here or checked my email in weeks. On December 23 at 2:50 a.m Lenin’s mother, Vilma, passed away at the age of 47. Her wake was that evening. On December 24th she was buried in the San Lucas cemetery. She was preceded in death by her her mother, her sister, and three children. She is survived by three brothers; her husband, Bernardo; four children, Lenin & wife, Molly; Deybis & wife, Sandra; Carlos & wife, Doris; daughter Iris, and two grandchildren, Asly and Alan. Neighbors, family, and friends were here with us in the weeks before lending support to Vilma and the family. Her pastor from San Felipe was at her side, as were all of her children. The wake ... read more