At Las Peñitas beach we did not do much else but relax, read, make beach walks, have good food... The sand was too hot to walk on so we only spent time on the actual beach in the early morning and late afternoon. The waves were also pretty scary with strong currents, and we had …
León is my favorite place in Nicaragua! What a vibrant, colorful, rough, eclectic, musical, international, cool city! I could easily live there for a while, if I didn't love Amsterdam more. 🙂 It has a nice mix of young Nicaraguans, younger and older expats, some lost hippies, and young travellers, many of whom follow Spanish …
We spent two nights in this lovely homestay of Don Marvin (coffee farmer) and Doña Mefalia (school teacher) and their sons Uriel and Wilder, and their nephews Jason and Freyder in the Miraflor nature reserve in the coffee region. They were very welcoming. We had told them we were vegetarians because we were too chicken …
Estelí gave us a very nice change of scenery and showed us a very different side of Nicaragua. Closer to all the coffee plantations, it's real cowboy country up here. Many men on the bus were carrying guns in their pants. Estelí has lots of cool street art on the walls. It also has many …
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Getting to Isla de Ometepe takes quite some travelling. The boat ride over was nice, you can choose between sitting on the roof or staying indoors. Once you get there you can choose to stay in Moyagalpa or to travel on to one of the even smaller places. We had reserved rooms in El Encanto …
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Managua, Nicaragua: quick exit In sketchy Managua we immediately took a taxi to our guesthouse in Granada. Only about half an hour ride. Granada Granada is a small, pretty city with colourful Spanish colonial architecture. There is one main street which is extremely touristy, but the rest of the place is doable and very mellow. …
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