Well we have been having a great time here
First we had to traverse the Costa Rican - Nicaragua border and got mobbed by money exchangers as soon as we got of f the bus. We were a little worried as we had head that Nicaragua can be a bit dangerous but we had no problems. They always try to tell us that the exchange rate is rubbish across the border and then as soon as we get to the other country its fine. they also like to charge us a little entry fee of around $7 USD for entering the country!
We made our way with 4 others 2 from UK and 2 from Holland. Nice to have some travel partners.
We stayed in Rivas for the night before heading to Island of Ometepe (the volcanic islands) in a large lake in the middle of Nicaragua.
Next it was off in a local bus (old converted yellow school buses from US) to Granada.
Granada was really nice with a very chilled atmosphere and felt very colonial. It was very safe and we enjoyed how cheap it was there. Often only having to pay $5USD for a hostel room a night! Food was also cheap. Nicaragua seems to be cheapest place in Central America. We enjoyed visiting all the old churches and nice old colonial houses in the city.
Next off to Leon on the local buses again. We were a little concerned again by travelling through the capital Managua but we managed to get a bus to drop us off in the centre terminal and get another bus direct to Leon.
Again Leon was very chilled and filled woth lots of old churches again. very similar to Granada but Granada appeared more conservative but Leon was more revolutionary with its history but pretty similar places
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