Apr 12, 2007 | Nicaragua
You can get from Managua to Little Corn Island in a night and a day’s time by bus and boat, theoretically. Most people choose to take the hour and a half flight. We figured we would go the local route, enjoy the journey. It took us three days and two nights. Our...
Mar 12, 2007 | Nicaragua
Julito picked us up after our second day of Spanish school to take us to our new host family. As soon as we got in our cab he spun around and started talking a-mile-a-minute. He excitedly mumbles a colloquial spanish and if he wasn’t inclined to repeat himself...
Mar 6, 2007 | Nicaragua
After a tipsy ferry ride across the enormous Lago de Nicaragua and an hour bouncing along a dirt road in the back of a pick-up, we found ourselves at Hacienda Merida; camp for grown-ups! The beautiful refurbished hostel was once a vacation home and working coffee...
Mar 1, 2007 | Nicaragua
So far Nicaragua has been good to us. The food is tasty and cheap. It´s about $2.50 each for dinner and a beer. Lodging seems to run about $10 for a room. This is our trip up until now…. After a shockingly warm night in Managua we headed straight for the beach....
Feb 21, 2007 | Nicaragua
Nica, here we come.
