Like always, we left very early in the morning to head to Nicaragua. After a long bus ride we were at the Costa Rican frontera (border) ready to leave. After showing them our passports and paying our impuestas (taxes) to leave, we were on our way back onto the bus. We were in the bus for about 3 minutes, and had to get off again to enter into Nicaragua! Here there were many vendedores (sellers) with many things for very cheap.. For example, I bought a hammock for $5... can't beat that right? After having our luggage checked, and everything cleared we then waited for our name to get called to get back on the bus. It was very important to pay attention for your name to be called, cause if you missed it, the people wouldn't be very happy with you. We then headed to the ferry and headed to Ometepe, an Island with two volcanoes on it. In Ometepe we had a free day and decided to ride bikes to the waterfall which resulted in me going with Lisandra to get stitches! After that experience it was time to go home and relax because the next day we had a tour! The next day we went to volcan masaya where I rode a horse up the mountain next to the volcano, and wow was it beautiful. After that we went to Granada. Granada is a more touristy place in Nicaragua, but in a good way. I liked it a lot. We ate dinner on a street full of restaurants, live music and fun. I had a spicy pasta, cause I was really craving pasta.. and apparently so was the random man who might have had a little too much to drink, because he tried stealing my pasta right off the table. After a night in Granada we woke up and continued our tour, we got to make our own cigars, go to café sonrisas and have lunch before it was time to go home!! After a long bus ride we were finally home. I had never been more excited to rest, the weekend was a long one!
Nicaragua was definitely an experience to remember. I am very appreciative I got to have this opportunity because beyond what I have written here it was very eye opening.
Nicaragua was definitely an experience to remember. I am very appreciative I got to have this opportunity because beyond what I have written here it was very eye opening.