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Between Granada and Masaya, you will find a series of six towns, known as the “Pueblos Blancos”. You will find picturesque and beautiful handcrafts and ceramics in these towns. The third town will be “Catarina”, where you should stop at the “Mirador”, have a drink and enjoy the cool breeze and outstanding view of “Laguna de Apoyo”
Go to Montelimar which is a Hotel that has a private beach. There is an entrance fee for the nights that you would like to stay which includes meals, drinks and the room. Basically everything! Good bargain! Very nice, friendly people!
Granada remained the least affected by the terrible earthquake in 1972 which literally flatened Managua the once thriving capital. Granada is a really charming place where the wealthy live. It's also Violetta Chamorro's hometown. In the immediate proximity of the shore in lake Nicaragua there are lots of small islands and islets. They've been created by an extremely severe eruption of the volcano. Huge lumps of matter and boulders flew for miles and dropped in the lake. Nowadays they make very beautiful tiny paradise's for the afluent who built theyr weekend villas on these islands. Cruising by boat inbetween them makes for spectacular views.
Little kids will try and be your guides. I had one 'help' me. They get commissions from the owners of in the markets to bring people around. Sometime they make more than there parents do in a day, because of people like me. I am a sucker for the children and tip them well. I do not bargin or haggle either. The prices are extremely inexpenisive to begin with. The children!
I really enjoyed our pilgramage to El Sauce. Though I am not a particularly religious person and I am not even Catholic, I went with some family members on their journey to pray at this 160 year old church. I will be building a travelogue about this soon.
Here's a view of the marshy area along the Rio Frio near Lago de Nicaragua. I'm not certain as to exact what kinds of birds are in this tree--they might be cormorants. There were also some egrets in this area.
One can see a lot here by just walking around. It's definitely the mode of transportation of most everyone else here, so there's a lot of interaction between the residents here. In fact, a group of people was playing catch in the street and one threw me the ball (to get me to join in)...so definitely they are quite friendly (and curious too--but that's to be expected as I was, of course, curious). Well...I didn't get my camera out in time to photograph this, but there was a tree along the Rio Frio which had 5 monkeys moving around from branch to branch!
I have only seen a small part of the country, the West Coast, but I guess I've seen a lot of interesting places. So, when visiting Nicaragua you should have a stop at the Isla Ometepe in the Lake Nicaragua. It was a great trip taking a small ferry boat from San Jorge and having a one hour sea journey with the native Nicaraguans and the things they've bought on the markets. On the island you'll see the Volcano Conception and its' neighbour Volcano Maderas. There's a bus transfer going from Moyocalpa to Altagracia. Stop in the small towns of the island, have a snack in one of the small restaurants, see the church (people in Nicaragua are great believers) or just meet the people in the public park. If you are in Granada, you should take a bus to the small harbour (Puerto Asese) where you can rent a small boat (with rower)to go and see the Volcano Mombacho. You'll pass many of the 365...
nicaragua is all about hangin out, go to granada and spend some cash in a beautifully decrepid colonial city. A saw the most beautiful german girl there from berlin and acted like a complete baffoon at a place called the bearded monkey which has quite the reputation. My fav places were Leon and Isla de ometepe which was so beautiful and peaceful, the lake and the mountains really dominate here!
I love going to see the Masaya volcano. It is so breathtaking when you climb up and see this huge hole. The food is what I miss the most. The fritangas, barbequed beef served with fried platains and gallopinto which is fried rice and beans mixed together.
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1 Review and 53 Opinions It felt like staying at Home in Nicaragua. The rooms are nice, very comfortable beds, a great...
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