Granada, Masaya and Coyotepe

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After spending only 5 days in El Salvador we trotted on to Nicaragua. We got a 12 hour Ticabus to big bad Managua the capital of Nicaragua. We got mugged off by a taxi driver then headed to Granada by bus. Granada is the oldest continually inhabited colonial city in Central America (first fact of the blog i think). Granada is the best city that we have visited, it has great architecture, streets and really nice people. Granada was a great place to explore with lots going on in the central park and some great buildings to see. While in Granada we went to Masaya and the artisan market to barter for some goods. We came away with a good haul and some interesting presents.We visited Coyotepe, an old fort that was turned into a prison for political prisoner. This place was very eerie and would be a perfect place for a horror movie in fact prisoners were tortured here. The toilets were very saw-esque and added to the sombre ambience.

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