Blogs from Leon, Northern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 11

Bonjour! Je vous écris aujourd'hui de la ville de Leon, Nicaragua. Nous venons de faire 2 jours de transport intenses et donc la journée d'aujourd'hui est plutôt relaxe et pleines d'activités intéressantes! Commençons par ce matin! Nous avons monté le volcan Cerro Negro (regardez sur google ou wikipedia pour plus d'information). C'est vraiment quelque chose de monter ce volcan car il est entourré de cendre puisqu'il est actif. Et oui, il y a beaucoup de boucane qui sort du cratère (une espèce de fumée jaunâtre...) et qui pue! Bref, c'est assez impressionnant rendu en haut! Il est le volcan le plus jeune en amérique centrale. Depuis 1850 ce volcan a fait éruption 23 fois, la dernière étant en 1999 (1995 et 1992 avant cela). Les gens du coin pensent qu'il va se réveiller bientôt, étant donné ... read more

After haggling our taxi driver down to $22 each he decided when we got to theLazy Turtle hostelin Leon that he wouldput theprice up again and just grinned at us and said tips tips! We thoughtyou little bugger but just let him take the fewdollars extra as we couldn't be bothered to argue! So we checked into the hostel however, probably should have found an internet cafe first as we weren't too sure wher the boys were.We checked the internet after we had checked in to find that they were at the other hostel lazy bones.....cheekily we worked our charm on the hostel owner and managedto check out straight away as we wantedto spend the time with the guys! SO we found lazy bones and got our room here for the night! We first saw alex ... read more

Today is our last full day in Nicaragua. Early in the morning I was able to attend a public health overview seminar on my computer by a group I am affiliated with. I was able to do this with the hotel computer since my little laptop didn´t support the software necessary to receive the information. There were some technical difficulties but I was able to see and hear most of the presentations. After that Rich and I had our pancake breakfast (batter, oil and mixed up pancake mix is provided by the hotel), you just have to cook them up yourself. Yesterday I showed a group of ladies at the hotel a technique I learned from a woman I lived with in Costa Rica where you add oatmeal and raw shredded carrots to the pancake to ... read more

Hi! Rich and I are back in Leon where I recovered from my cold two weeks ago. I like that I know the basic layout of the city and can show him around. We went to the french bakery, the air conditioned internet and to the grocery store that has really nice stuff. Now we are staying at a hostel where our friends from Jiquilillo Beach are (the kids from Boston) because the only girl in the group forgot her Iphone and we said we would meet her at the hotel and deliver it. The hotel is really cute and has a nice kitchen which guests can use so we decided to stay. They also provide pancake breakfast for free and I am writing my blog while I wait for these pancakes to be made. Yesterday ... read more

Hi again! Leon is a city of old churches. I walk past and take a few pictures but touring these really isn´t my thing. And it seems most people are shopping and not in the churches anyway. Of course it is a Spanish Colonial City and Catholic Churches seem to be the only kind. For history or archeological buffs it would be quite interesting. Few churches are in good repair, but there are a few which are quite beautiful. I do enjoy the parks near the churches where the old men play chess and dominos and there is ice cream and snacks to buy. Within 12 blocks in any direction there are as many churches as well as museums. Of course there are bars and hostels and these are the happening places with loud music, pool ... read more