Blogs from Leon, Northern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 24

Jetzt war es soweit, ich musste Abschied nehmen von Little Corn Island und der Karibik und dem speziellen Karibikfeeling die Pazifikkueste mit Leon, Granada, Ometepe etc. wartet schon... In der letzten Nacht auf Little Corn ist mir noch ein Teil eines Ameisen- oder Termitennests - so genau konnte ich das nicht zuordnen - welches an der Holzdecke ueber meinem Bett hing, auf das Moskitonetz gefallen und dann begann das grosse Krabbeln. Einige von den Dingern hab ich immer noch in meinem Rucksack und somit auch nach Leon zwangsversetzt. Da aber durch mein Badezimmer eine Ameisenstrasse geht, werden sie sicherlich schnell neue Freunde finden oder mehr... Bis ich nach Leon gekommen bin, habe ich diesmal so alle moeglichen Verkehrsmittel innerhalb eins Tages benutzt - Boot, Taxi, Flugzeug, Taxi, Bus und noch mal Taxi zum Schluss. Die Ueberfahrt ... read more

Hola once again, Well I know I just bored you all with a very long posting, so I will try to keep this short. We left city Leon for a beautiful beach not too far from the city called Las Penitas (there is a tilde over the n, I just can't find it on this keyboard). Of course as soon as we arrived at the beach I realized I forgot to email the school in San Juan del Sur to arrange more classes so I caught the bus back into the Leon this morning to find a computer. While on the computer I figured I may as well email you all again. We had a great Valentines Day watching the German Orchestra. Apparently the group won some kind of competition and is touring Central America playing ... read more

The church bells started clanging at 5:30 AM. It was Sunday morning in Leon, Nicaragua home of at least 17 churches including the largest cathedral, actually a basilica, in Central America. Construction was started in 1747. It is so large that the story told is that a bogus set of design plans were submitteed to the Spanish imperial authorities because they feared the real plans would be turned down. And, like the Santa Croce church in Florence where so many notables are buried, hereto are the tombs of the some of the most famous figures in Nicaraguan literature amongh them the poets Ruben Dario, Alfonso Cortes and Salomon de la Selva. But I was not there to just sight see. On this day I was there to grieve for an aunt who had passed away last ... read more

My whirlwind tour through Central America continues, dear reader, with selected highlights from Nicaragua. Time constraints limit my options at this particular stage of the trip, yet if the choice is between a short visit to these wonderful countries or not being here at all, I certainly won´t need to phone a friend as the decision is a no brainer. I booked a seat on an international Tica Bus from San Jose across the border to Rivas in the south of Nicaragua. From there a further short taxi ride, and then a one hour ferry crossing landed me at the magical Isla de Ometepe on Lake Nicaragua, which is the largest lake in Central America. The island was formed by the lava from two large volcanoes, and Volcan Concepcion at 1610 metres is still active. It's ... read more