Nicaragua

  • weekly recap #34 – little corn island, managua, monteverde

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. little corn island (hotel, 5 nights), managua (b&b, 1 night), monteverde (b&b, 2 nights) q. favourite meal a. food this week has once again been really bleh thanks to…

  • first 24 hours on little corn island (nicaragua)

    what do i like? -the smallest island i’ve visited – roughly 1.5km in diameter, little corn is by far the smallest island i’ve been to. the selection is limited, the population is small and i would expect that everybody on…

  • weekly update #33 – laguna de apoyo, leon, little corn island

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. laguna de apoyo (san simian, 2 nights), leon (hotel, 3 nights), little corn island (las palmeras, 1 night) q. favourite meal a. cuban food at el bodegon. a ex-pat…

  • first 24 hours in leon (nicaragua)

    what do i like? -the town feels alive – lots of university aged students and people on the streets at all hours of the day. this is what i expected out of granada but instead it was the complete opposite.…

  • first 24 hours in laguna de apoyo (nicaragua)

    what do i like? -a good mix of relaxation with active options as well – there are only 8 cabanas at san simian and it is further from the entrance to the laguna so most daytrippers from granada end up…

  • weekly recap #32 – ometepe & playa maderas

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. ometepe island (merida, la omaja, 3 nights), playa maderas (maderas, casa maderas, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. chicken quesadillas in a beach shack at the far end of…

  • first 24 hours in playa maderas (nicaragua)

    jojo: what do i like? -our first beach day since the netherlands almost 3 months ago and it didn’t disappoint. playa maderas is a small, quiet beach best known for surfing. the waves range in size but the beach is…

  • first 24 hours in ometepe (nicaragua)

    *this update is more than a week late thanks to brutally inconsistent wifi.  almost every one of our stays have had horrendous wifi which has made blogging challenging.  on top of that, the wifi card in my computer just decided…

  • first 24 hours in granada (nicaragua)

    jojo: what do i like? -nicaragua is crazy cheap.  when i say cheap, i mean really cheap.  our meals have been in the 75-140 cordoba range ($3.75-7 cad) and we fully realize that granada is going to be one of…