It’s always interesting coming back to a place where you’ve previously made great memories. Deja vu abounds and nostalgia too. My last visit to Monteverde included ziplining and that devil, the Tarzan swing, walking in the cloud forest and night safari and a trip to Don Juan’s to get the…
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oasis on Ometepe
/ 11/03/2013Ometepe Island reminds me of a prank birthday cake we gave my father for his 40th. Ometepe is basically a small strip of land with two volcanoes reaching for the sky, Concepción and Maderas. While only lasting around 20 minutes, the local ex-school bus trip from the ferry terminal to…
groovy Granada
/ 11/03/2013Granada is a beautiful city featuring quaint streets filled with brightly coloured walls, great restaurants, market stalls in the central park, excellent cafes and coffee. Several of us loaded up on a huge day of sightseeing with local guide Ramón, starting with the Masaya Volcano. We stopped by the museum…
awesome, alluring Antigua
/ 19/02/2013Antigua is a maze of cobblestone streets that run between rows of brightly painted walls and doors that hide tranquil gardens and courtyards. Each corner can look like any other, especially at night and I kept losing my sense of direction, even when I wasn’t enjoying a few adult beverages.…
speaking of marriage…
/ 13/02/2013Being an awesome tour group has its advantages. Ernesto and his family threw a house party at grandpa’s and the food, drinks, conversation, laughter, dancing and marriage proposals flowed freely. I say proposals because from my limited understanding of Creole, apparently grandpa and I are getting married in Honduras later…