Buenos dias, Chicos!
Back on the Pacific and LOVIN IT!!
We left the Corn Islands early Friday morning. The trip wasnt bad but I had a terrible cold and flying makes my ears feel like they are bleeding. Not to mention no sleep because Priya insisted on partying RIGHT outside the room until 5am and we had to be at the airport at 7am. It was a short 1.5 hour flight with a stop in Bluefields to pick up some more passengers. We landed in Managua and got a shared taxi to the bus station. We got on a microbus to Leon and it was bad as I was falling asleep which was causing me to have bad nausea. Luckily I was fine, and we arrived in Leon around noon. We checked into the Bigfoot hostel, which is pretty ok. I slept the afternoon away while Greg and Priya explored, waking up only for a huge $2 burger in the Parque Central. We had an early night as I am trying to get rid of this cold as fast as I can. Being sick when you are travelling just feels like you are wasting time.
I woke up around 7am for a pineapple smoothie and went back to bed until 10am when I couldnt sleep anymore. Greg and I went and explored the town and met this really great local named Jerry. We talked for a few hours, mostly about Canada, and had a traditional nicaraguan lunch with him. We then went for massages across from the hostel with the Seeing Hands Blind Massage. They actually teach blind Nicas the technique of massage, and then employ them to keep them off the streets. It was very cheap ($10 for half hour full body) and very relaxing. We then sat in the pool at the hostel with a couple beers. Another fellow, Kyle, also from Victoria (!!) had just checked in so we sat with him from a while at the bar. After a couple hours of walking around looking for something other than fried chicken and rice and beans to eat, Greg, Priya and Kyle made delicious guacamole and salsa. It was a nice change because it feels like Im always the one that cooks. I called it quits early, and Greg and Kyle went next door to ViaVia, the other hostel for a few more beers.
Yesterday morning we all shared a taxi (sans Priya, she wants to wait for the Swedes in Leon) to the coast, a beach called Las Penitas. It isn't really a town so much as a road with a couple restaurants and stores. The hostel was full but we saw a Bed and Breakfast with a Canadian flag. Turns out it was run by two Nicaraguan-Canadians, $25 bucks for 3 people with breakfast, in their beautiful family home right on the beach. It is a welcome change from the noise of the hostels and so homey. There are great Canadians at the B&B, so lots of good conversation. Our room has a salmon pillow!! We went to the store for supplies and got a 6 pack of ginger ale, 4L of water, 2 ice creams and a 2-6 of rum for $15! Yesterday was locals day off so everyone went to the beach, and it was awesome to watch the Nicas play in the waves together. We had two sunsets yesterday, one in our hand and one on the beach. While we were having our own little happy hour, Eric a fellow we had met a couple weeks ago on Ometepe (who went to Panama to get his dream girl) WALKED BY ON THE BEACH! It was pretty awesome to see him so we went for another happy hour at the hostel. We went for tacos for dinner and ended up meeting the owner of the place who is also Canadian and it was awesome to talk with him for a couple hours about life in Nicaragua. We decided to go back to the house for the rest of the rum, some good conversation and the sound of the waves. We went to bed around midnight and woke up to a fabulous traditional Nicaraguan breakfast.
Greg and Kyle are surfing right now as I write this, but Im still only feeling about 70%. We will probably have the amazing tacos again for lunch and a nice fried fish for dinner which is apparently the best on the Pacific for only $3. We might stay an extra day, then its back to Leon for Volcano boarding to celebrate our last day in Nicaragua. I will be so sad to leave but we have to move on. Nicaragua has been so good to us, the people so friendly and just such a beautiful country. I wish I could post a few pictures but this computer is strange, so maybe Ill add a few in the next post. Off to El Salvador Wednesday of Thursday! Love and miss you all! I truly do wish you were here!! XO
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