Blogs from Chinandega, Northern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean

Saturday morning. Up fairly early, pack and have my last divine little breakfast from the lady working the hostel. She's so cute. Like a grandmother. I want to hug her when I leave. This morning we have pancakes and they are amazing. I don't normally say this about pancakes. They aren't my thing. But the street food or the suspect Donne from the night before has left me not feeling so good. So on this morning pancakes are perfect! My ride arrives at 8:20 and I'm off on the next part of my adventure. Peter, an older Dutch man, talks my ear off on th way to the airport. He's been living in Granada for 17 years and is married to a Nicaraguan woman. He's quite interesting. It's an hour long car ride so I won't ... read more

After reading her advert cleverly placed in the toilets of our hostel in Leon, we decided to take a trip to the north west coast to visit Tina ´The Gringa´(her words definately not mine) in Rancho Tranquillo. Her advert had certainly portrayed her as somewhat of a hippy and although nervous about the whole situation the place sounded gorgeous and we decided to give it a whirl. Well a gringa she was and a definate hippy too, she had a hostel right on the beach and in the middle of a small community that she called home. The people were extremely friendly even by the high Nicaraguan standards we had come to expect, and the location was idyllic. Initially what was supposed to be a couple of days turned into a week of doing nothing but ... read more