May 2009
10 posts
You want me to what?!?!?!
So in the last week since my update we have discovered Antigua (Guatemala), walked up a live, and I mean molten lava live, volcano and travelled a very long way to Puerto Escondido in Mexico!
So Antigua was really relaxing, a good chance to enjoy cooler (still about 30 degrees) weather and the ability to eat 3 meals a day which was lovely :)
On Monday afternoon we decided to do the must-see...
How many Nicaraguan men does it take to change a...
The answer is lots! After our stay in Leon we had a long day of travelling to get all the way to La Libertad in El Salvador.
It all started at 9:30am when a dodgy looking taxi arrived to pick us up from the hostel, we then got dropped off a someones house and waited in their living room for our coach.
The coach was very hot and full of central american residents which gave us a real experience...
Back in Civilisation!
Hi All
We are now back from Hotel Chancletas on the coast of Nicaragua and staying again in Leon, the hostel is rather rough but tomorrow we are heading to Le Libertad in El Salvador which I am looking forward too.
Our plans today consist of checking our internet, finding Ben a cheap nicaragua beer t’shirt and going to cinema which has aircon and as we both have colds (no its not Swine...
Air-Con
Hi all
Ben has written a really long blog which I have included below.
Not much else to say except about the beloved air-con. We have been travelling now for over 2 months and in Popoyo we had our first taste of AC it was amazing you could just hang out in the dorms during the mid day heat and not worry about sweating too much :)
The funny thing is I have obviously aclimatised to this...
Nicaragua
benpascoe:
A proper update is due, we are now in Nicaragua, we’ve already stayed for a few nights in Popoyo (pronounced po-poi-yah) where the surf was really good fun and the accomodation was more expensive than we’d have liked, but very nice.
Getting to Popoyo from Tamarindo was fairly straightforward, involving getting the 9am bus from outside the local bank to Liberia - the bus takes ages to...
