Blogs from Northern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Achtung ihr Lieben, dieses Wochenende hatte es in sich, also nehmt euch ein paar Minuten Zeit um mitzufühlen: der Spontantrip nach León hat sich allemal gelohnt. Eine Zeit die mich begeistert hat, jede Minute so wertvoll, lehrreich und berührend, dass ich auf jeden Fall noch einmal wieder kommen muss, bevor ich abreise. Eine wortlose Verbindung, eine vertrauensvolle Beziehung: was für eine wundervolle Freundschaft mich nach kürzester zeit mit Kimberlie verbindet - und was für eine starke, inspirierende Frau sie ist! Eine Karriere als Militärpolizistin hinzulegen, stationiert im Friedenseinsatz auf der ganzen Welt, dann ein Studium nachzuholen und im Kommunikationsbereich durchzustarten um nach 12 Jahren in Alaska alles abzureißen (Haus, Ehe, Job, Freunde, Familie), nach Nicaragua zu ziehen und hier ein neues Leben zu starten - mittlerweile seit mehr als einem Jahr… Wow! Kimberlie w... read more

blablablubNicaragua in one word: HOT – but let’s start the beginning: I crossed the border with Karlheinz and his overlander. How much harder could it be, to bring a vehicle across the border? I should receive the answer very soon. 1st Karlheinz could not find a document from the prior crossing „NO, you cannot leave the country without this document“… then he found it at the bottom of his back in a… hmm… rough shape. 2nd„THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!! IT IS WET“ Well, it was wet but all necessary information was still available. Could the Honduran bureaucracy and nitpicking be worse than the German? I thought this is impossible. I dried the document (there was more than enough sun) and discussed a little and – 3h later they FINALLY let us pass. Nevertheless, I would not ... read more

It’s been a while, so expect some reading ….. ;-) or just browse through some pics. We’ve now migrated our blog to travelblog.org as you apparently have found out, so if you want to follow you can do so by clicking on 'Subscribe' or ‘Follow' at www.mytb.org/JudithMerijn After two beautiful weeks at the Corn Islands the local ferry trip to Bluefields was an easy ride, followed by a fast boat for a few hours over the super flat Rio Escondido to El Rama. We spent a night at El Rama and got ourselves onto a so called chicken bus to the capital Managua and there another one to Granada. Granada is beautiful, with a lot of colourful colonial buildings and cathedrals in very good condition. Although parts of town are a bit touristy, most of the ... read more

Today we set out to hike to the top of Mt. Telica, an active volcano not too far from León. I'd been in contact with Quetzaltrekkers over the past few weeks and originally they weren't planning to do this trek today. Fortunately, there were another couple of Canadians who also had this specific date in mind so we met the minimum number and they decided to run with it. Quetzaltrekkers is a local agency that donates their profits to local street kids and most of the people who work there are volunteers. We met up at their extremely messy office at 6am and met our guides Mo & Eric and our fellow Canadian trekkers Brian and Dara. I'd chosen Volcán Telica as it is one of most active in Nicaragua and the fact that you can ... read more

Nicaragua We arrived in to Leon after a horribly long day of travelling from Honduras (6am-9pm). Once we got settled in to a hostel in Leon we headed straight out for food. Luckily we hit the jackpot here and found some great street food stalls just around the corner from the hostel, near the cathedral. We also met back up with our friend Andy for the third time :). Our first full day in Leon we dedicated to exploring the city and booking volcano boarding! We booked our trip through Quetzaltrekkers, as they are a non profit organisation who give their money to help local schools. They also worked out cheaper than the competition, which was a good bonus! After booking our trip we headed out to the beach for the afternoon, which is only 20mins ... read more