We headed for the bus terminal in Leon. The nice colonial villas made way for a market that reminded us of Nepal. Took a bus to Managua and another one to Granada. Granada is similar to Leon in some ways. It’s a colonial city, with similar architecture – grand Catholic churches and houses with inner courtyards. Read a lot of stuff online about safety issues in Nicaragua. Throughout our trip Continue…
We got to Leon and we knew what we wanted to see: volcanoes! But first let’s check out what the city has to offer. It was finally a city worth seeing, unlike what we’ve experienced in Costa Rica. Sadly for the Nicaraguans, all the sights were from the colonial period. I had the feeling people now weren’t adding anything to the place, they were at most preserving the past. Visited the Continue…
Ometepe is a largish island rising from Lake Nicaragua. It’s formed by two volcanoes, Concepcion and Maderas, connected by a low isthmus. The easiest way to get there is from Rivas. From the bus terminal you have to take a taxi down to the ferry in San Jorge (about 7 km). You’ll have to haggle for the price, as the driver will ask for something like $15. We got it Continue…
San Juan del Sur is a small resort on Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast. It’s in the South, not very far from the Costa Rican border. But it was completely different from what we’ve seen previously. After The Coastal Challenge, I started taking those palm tree lined beaches for granted. And Montezuma was pretty much on the same lines. But as we moved North across Costa Rica and crossed the border, it Continue…
Today we left Costa Rica for Nicaragua. There are several ways to do this, main ones being bus and plane. We chose the cheaper one: bus. Again, there are two ways to do it: local buses or direct coach. The direct coach is about $29. We went with the local buses option and paid a total of $12. We took the first bus from the Gran Terminal del Caribe in Continue…