http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Nicaragua , Granada , Parque Central , Cathedral en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:47:53 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:47:53 +0000 Beste allemaalOndertussen is het alweer een weekje of 23 geleden dat er een teken van leven via deze website verzonden is dus hier weer een beknopte update van de meest boeiende dingen die ik gedaan heb. Het zal vast weer een waslijst worden maar veel dagen heb ik ook enkel op m'n luie reet gelegen .Costa RicaMonteverdeIn Monteverde ben ik maar 2 nachten en 1 dag gebleven aangezien hier enkel http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-449807.html Arrived safe and soundWe arrived around midday last Sunday during the last day of a week long festival here in Granada call los Hipicos. Driving into the city alone was quite the experience as people come from all over the country and other countries to take part in this week long celebration the biggest fiesta of the year...and we arrived right before the parade of horses. This consists of http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-429609.html With my book bag stuffed with clothes some snacks for the road my trusty nalgene a good book and passport I was headed to Nicaragua for the weekend. 9 hours later a bus full of 18 scruffy American kids arrived in the tourist capital of the country Granada. There were 3 reasons why it took so long to get there first of all CR is full of mountains and basically to get anywhere outside of the C http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-340599.html Granada always has something happening. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-322918.html HolaIts been a while ... And travelling has been continually very good. The concept of work is just so foreign and scary right nowAfter being very proud of my excellent health while others have been dropping like flies today has seen some very odd symptoms for me. The room has fortunately just stopped spinning and I can kinda type. Also good is that I havent seen any random blue dots for a wh http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-317738.html Okay so there is a huge festival on. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-313983.html Well here i am in Granada Nicaragua. I really enjoy saying Nicaragua just sounds cool.Nine hour bus trip on normal roads for a change went sort of quickly.Off the bus and homeless again. I somehow kind of enjoy just turning up and then figure where and what will happen next.I end up at httpwww.hostaldorado.com and was told that due to the festivals at this time of year i was lucky they still http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-312474.html So far so good. Since leaving Mexico we have passed through Guatemala Honduras and are now in Nicaragua. The down side of this has been the tedium and frustration of border crossings. Each border is manned either side by a series of officious uniformed personnel situated in different offices clustered around the border. Multitasking hasnt reached Central America yet. To start you go as direct http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-226391.html From the Internet we can read ldquoGranada city was founded between Xalteva and the Cocibolba or the Great Nicaragua Lake by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba in the 1524 year creating one of the colonial settlements more ancient of the American Continent.rdquo The city is laid out on a square grid and when you visit the Convent of San Francisco which has been turned int http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-194894.html GreetingsGetting to Leon from Tegucegalpa was a bit of risk. We decided to leave on Good Thursday when only a few buses were running. The challenge was to cross the Honduran border into Nicaragua and bus our way to Leon before Semana Santa weekend. This was a fateful leap because we had to make seven bus transfers before arriving in Leon. Our first ride was in an old school bus which was over cro http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Parque-Central/Cathedral/blog-53788.html