Blogs from Granada, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 37

So......quite a few experiences I still have to write about...let's start with one of the most amazing/scary/fun experiences ever!!!!! After a night of partying in Heredia on St Patricks Day we left Heredia at about 1pm, 9 of us in a little van, on our way to Granada, Nicaragua. We finally get to Penas Blancas, the border, at about 6.45 and have to wait in line to get our passports stamped, which took about 1- 1 and a half hours in the sticky heat, surrounded by a lot of men trying to persuade you to change your Colones/Dollars into Cordobas or vice versa. Finally at about 8pm we all have our stamps and head for the next checkpoint, where we end up standing for a long time because there's no one actually manning the booth, it ... read more

Ahhh, Granada. Two weeks here and I feel like I have been here a lifetime. Walking down the streets I run into familiar faces and stop to chat about the day's events, en route to my favorite cafe for a slice of carrot cake and people watching on the Parque Central. It's amazing how quickly you can feel settled into a place. I can scarcely believe it was already two weeks ago that I landed back in Granada. From the moment the four of us who were traveling together got off the bus, I knew I would be here much longer than my anticipated 4 day stay. The streets were alive, people everywhere, and music blaring from every fruit stand, stationery store, and pirated CD vendor. Shoe repairmen were scurrying away on their machines to repatch ... read more