Category Archives: Nicaragua

Our day started by catching the 4.20am local bus to the highway. There we were dropped off at around 6.30 and according to the lady who sold us the tickets our bus would be along at 7. Well all the locals got on another bus which we were told was not ours and then weContinue reading “On the Road to Ometepe”

We woke up to a short power cut this morning, the reason we woke up being that the fan stopped working and the intense heat woke us both up. It turns out that these power cuts are quite common and don’t last long. Anyway we had decided today that we were going to rent scootersContinue reading “Scooters on Ometepe”

We awoke again to sweltering heat. Even with the fan it was uncomfortable. So we went out for breakfast and walked around for a little bit as it seemed marginally cooler outside than in our little heat box B&B.  Gio from the hostel gave us a lift to the ferry terminal, thank god as IContinue reading “Chicken bus to Granada”

Today was going to be pretty action packed and we were very excited about exploring Granada as the town had looked so fun and vibrant when we had arrived on the bus and walked through. Our excellent hosts had given us some great advice as to what to do over the next couple of daysContinue reading “Volcanoes in Granada”

We had another jam packed day planned today. We started off walking to the bus station and catching a local bus headed towards Managua. We were getting off just a little out of town at the turn off towards Laguna de Apoyo. Once there we were to catch a taxi to the lake. But justContinue reading “Floating and boating”

So one last quick (and hot) walk around Granada this morning and then we were off. It’s going to be sad to leave here we have loved our time in Granada, and while we have crammed so much into our two days we could have kept going for a whole week at that pace andContinue reading “Bye bye Granada, Hello Leon”

We didn’t really have any plans other than going to the central market and picking up some food as this market was supposed to be amazing. So after a little lie in we made our way towards the market. Unfortunately as it was Sunday not a lot was open though we did manage to findContinue reading “Leon”

We only had a morning left in Leon but had probably left the best sight until last so off we went to see the Cathedral de La Asuncion which is on the main square. It was undergoing a bit of a facelift and clean so one side was covered in scaffolding but the bits theyContinue reading “Goodbye Leon, Chicken bus to Esteli.”

We had heard of a canyon in the north of Nicaragua that was supposed to be amazing. The canyon was only discovered (by outsiders, the locals have known about it for decades) in 2002. It was made a National Park and since then has been the main tourist attraction in the sleepy little town ofContinue reading “Somoto canyon”

We weren’t quite sure what we had signed up for today (most of the more exciting trips start that way) but we knew we were being picked up at 9:30. Orlando turned up right on time and although he didn’t speak any English we managed to cope throughout the day and actually ended up learningContinue reading “Cigar Tours in Esteli”