Blogs from Laguna de Apoyo, Capital Region, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Day 2 started with Sarah and I waking up slightly earlier than the other girls and going for a walk down to the water. It wasn't a long walk and there wasn't much to see down there. There was a bit of a beach but nothing exciting. We could tell from our half hour walk though, that it was going to be a HOT day! After breakfast at the hotel, we walked down to the Bearded Monkey where we had signed up for a day trip to The Monkey Hut. On our walk we ran into a local parade in early celebration of independence day (Sept 15). Once at The Bearded Monkey, we paid our money to register for the trip, then went to an internet cafe to catch up on e-mails before heading off for ... read more

Well Nicaragua really surprised us in being such an amazing country with so much to do, with the best beer in central america, the most delicious rum (Flor de caña) and an ice-cream brand called Eskimo that Terry got REALLY fond of. If we couldn't find one of their ice-cream shops we could always follow the familiar sound of the Eskimo jingle bells from the guys with their little freezers on wheels and Terry could get his eskimo fix for the day (usually a 'cono doble' with chocolate and dulce de leche flavour). Another thing that we couldn't avoid in Nicaragua was volcanoes. After our 'epic' hike up telica, we arrived in Granada, another very pretty colonial town at the shore of the huge lago de Nicaragua. Spent a few nice days around Granada, and visited ... read more

I wrote this poem on a cramped chicken bus ride towards cosiguina (a volcano in the North of Nica). There were pot holes in the road the size of small towns, so I figured Id try and get it down in a more legible format. give us your guns not bags of rice and corn let us defend ourselves from the ever changing enemy the well trained magician who never ceases to disappear only to turn up cloaked in the flag of a different nation with new expectations and conditions illuminating countries in neon with a wave of his wand turning the world into a light bright charade of alienated strategy behind the scenes, pressed suits glide silently over floors that gleam reflections of forgotten ghosts the filed away consequences of decisions made in board rooms ... read more

Got a ride to the Monkey Hut, the Bearded Monkeys Hostel on the Laguna. Return trip was $3, and entrance was $6, although for another $4 you could spend the night. They keep the entrance fee at $6 simply to keep the "chill atmosphere" at the Hut. The lake is nice. Much like any lake in Manitoba or Ontario, it's got fresh water with bad viz, and surrounded by trees. The Hut has 3 kayaks, one missing a back rest, tire tubes, a floating dock and plenty of grass for lying around. Me Casey and Darren took off with the Kayaks, but it soon became apparent that Darren, who had the backless kayak, wouldn't be with us for much longer. His kayak flipped close to shore and he dissapeared from the water LOL. After returning ... read more

We made our way back to Granada and met up with Achim and Veronica- my friends that traveled together with me in Guatemala, El Salvador and now Nicaragua. It was so great to see them again as we were trying to meet up for several days now but kept missing each other by like a day (they even stayed in the knat infested playa Santo Domingo and slept at Hospedaje Gloriana the night after we left- trying to track us down). It was great to be able to see them again so they could finally meet Michelle and hang out for a few more nights. We were both at the end of our journeys as they had to catch a flight in San Jose a few days later to return back to Europe and we had ... read more