Oct 15, 2009 | Random
The hammock may have been my most comfortable night’s sleep on this whole trip. The temperature was perfect, nature provided some cool music to fall asleep to, and the bugs stayed away. A few of us went out to a nearby comedor for some breakfast. This particular...
Oct 15, 2009 | Random
We got something of a late start on the day (mostly due to acrually eating breakfast; restaurant service in Nicaragua has been painfully slow) and ended up getting the bus to Rivas and the subsequent cab ride to San Jorge just in time to catch the ferry to the...
Oct 13, 2009 | Random
In the morning, Alex, Tony, Laura and I decided to take a day trip out to Laguna de Apoyo, a large volcanic lake half an hour outside of Granada. We hopped into a cab and made our way to The Monkey Hut, a hostel (loosely affiliated with The Bearded Monkey) right on...
Oct 11, 2009 | Random
We woke up very early and got back on the bus heading down to Nicaragua. Though there was some beautiful scenery I slept through most of it. We arrived in Managua at around 3pm and immediately caught a microbus for Granada. Granada is a town not unlike Antigua...
Oct 10, 2009 | Random
After a leisurely morning, Alec and I hopped on a chicken bus bound for Guatemala City, or as the driver kept screaming every ten seconds: “Guaté! Guaté! Guaté!” At the TicaBus station, while we waited for our departure, we had a fitting final meal in...
Oct 10, 2009 | Random
In the morning, Alec and I caught the shuttle to Antigua, hoping to get there with enough time to transfer in Guatemala City for the TicaBus to Managua, Nicaragua. Of course, the trip which was supposed to be 3 hours was closer to 5, and we ended up deciding to stay...
