http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Matagalpa/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Nicaragua , Matagalpa en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:47:11 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:47:11 +0000 Yo MTV raps from MatagalpaWORDIt is about to rain so we thought we would enter a little info enjoy.Matagalpa is a nice city finally. We have enjoyed other places but this feels like it is really someones home. People are helpful and friendly but not overbearing and there is even a real super market with organized shelves with the meat in a cooler. Wild. The city sits in a valley surrounded b http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Matagalpa/blog-442141.html On one of the lsquochicken busesrsquo headed from Matagalpa I awoke to see several men outside of the bus leaning into our windows yelling in Spanish. At first I was very startled thinking the bus was under attack by people climbing in through windows and doors but then looking around I saw we were stopped in a market area and the men were hanging in the window with bags of vegetables to se http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Matagalpa/blog-423543.html Aside from the intensely painful sunburn covering large portions of my body the heat rash taking over both my legs and bum the itchy bug bites occupying my legs and feet and the diarrhea irsquove picked up along the way i am really liking Central America. Currently we are in Matagalpa Nicaragua for the next few days before heading to El Salvador via Honduras. We are planning to bypass Hon http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Matagalpa/blog-419255.html Well the 4th of July has been here and gone. I am in the city of Matagalpa to celebrate with volunteers from my group. We had excellent Italian food for dinner... and then I was exhausted and went back to read as opposed to out to dance. Which was fine with me. And now my stomach has turned all of that rich food and cold coffee drinks into liquid. There are more colorful ways to describe http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Matagalpa/blog-415484.html