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» In Search of Authenticity
Hot, humid climates have a weird way of depleting all ambition and desire from a person´s blood. I stayed six days at the beach in San Juan Del Sur and each day felt a little more lethargic and a little less inclined to explore. I met and became friends

» Chicken Bus Adventures
I took a taxi for $2 across about 1/4 of Managua today, in order to reach the bus station that has buses that travel south. Managua is nuts, it has almost 2 million people and none of the streets are named. I´ll say that again, no street names, just peop

» Stuff coming soon.
A weird monkey thing I found in the back of the complex. Maybe a lemur? Sloth and monkey mix? Nicaraguan final blurbs. Sandanistas Iran-Contra affair Anything else I can come up with. But later, I´m tired. Four posts, four hours, tw

» Somoto, Nicaragua: The end of the Nicas
Good old Somoto. 20 kms from the Honduran border and my last stop on the Nica trail. Another nice non-touristy town in the good weather belt. Just some photos of the monkeys that are housed at the hotel where I am staying. Monkeys are not g

» Home of the Marlboro men: Esteli, Nicaragua
The guidebook describes Esteli as where the men are more Marlboro than Central American. It is home to the countries central tobacco and coffee processing areas and a place that is still mostly down home Nicaraguan. That sounded good to me as there

» Jinotega, the ice box.
Jinotega is known as the "Gorillas in the mist" no, "city in the mist" yea, thats it. Sorry, been traveling a bit too much and all these tallest, biggest, oldest, mistiest, descriptions get a bit confusing. On a side note, I was watching some great

» It´s too hot. The Nicaraguan air condition route.
So, it´s hot and I am not into discomfort so it was time to find some relief. You could of course stay in some double priced hotel and get air conditioning, but you still have to deal with the heat when you are out and about. What I needed was a go

» Leon, Nicaragua: I'm caught up.
Leon is much better than Granada in my perspective. A lot more of the colonial look without the restoration effect. There are a lot more of the churches with parks attached. The colonial zone is pretty much the entire city. It doesn't have such a

» Managua, Nicaragua: Danger, danger.
My next destination was the capital city of Managua. I was actually pretty hesitant about going there and to be honest was thinking about bypassing it. Most people I had met either arrived and quickly dived into the nearest hotel and were out the first

» Masaya, Nicaragua: Home of tourist crap.
I took a chance leaving on New Years Eve day as everything was closed. I just didn't feel like hanging around Granada a day longer. Luckily the buses were running and I was on the road to Masaya. Masaya is the epicenter for the artisans who make all th

» Photos Granada, Nicaragua.
The central plaza was the kind of evening hang out place just at the beginning of the tourist street. It is kind of a shame that a lot of the restored colonial area is being bought up by foreigners. People visit a place that is great because there

» Happy New Years in Granada 2010.
After a stopover at my favorite transit town of Rivas, I was again on the move north to my potential New Years destination of Granada. It was still three days until New Years Eve and I was kind of stuck as I had heard that Granada was a nice place bu

» :: photo update...
Finally, the photos have caught up to the blog!.. All the pictures are posted up through the Colca Canyon Trek; hopefully I can keep things pretty updated from now. ...I also added the photos from Nicaragua to site as well... http://drinkinginflip

» Photos: Isla de Ometepe
The ferry ride over to Moyogalpa. For a lake, it can generate some viscious swells. Just as advertised two volcano island in the middle of a massive freshwater lake. The exact boat I went on. This was taken on the way back no weird time di

» Merry Christmas Island style with a twist. Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua.
An island in the middle of a massive freshwater lake formed by two volcanoes on each side connected by lava flow. That is what I was first told about Isla de Ometepe from my retired buddy Al in Bocas del Toro Panama. I had never heard of the place