Granada is the oldest city in Central America and the only reason it's not the capital of Nicaragua is on account of the fact it was basically at war with León about who should have that honour so eventually they were like, fuck it, Managua can be the capital, now stop your arguing. We liked [...]
I was mildly hungover from the previous evening's rum related indulgences. My womb had chosen today to engage in The Wringing and felt like it was twisting itself into impossible shapes in order to expel that pesky lining it insists on producing every fucking month. It was a bit breezy today and the lake was [...]
The journey across the island was an emotional one, at least the bus from Balgüe to Altagracia was. By the time it rolled through the village it was jam packed, it was human Tetris. They'd even managed to squeeze a whole arse dirt bike on there. Tarrant stared at the carnage in horror as the [...]
Balgüe is a tiny, chilled little place which is exactly what we wanted it to be. We found a local comedor (eatery) selling Nicaraguan food, plus there are tourist restaurants should you fancy a splurge. The pulperías, convenience stores, are tiny and don't stock much but as long as we can get egg, bread and [...]
It's been a glorious few weeks not having to worry a huge amount about scams, especially on public transport. In Panama there was never any question that they'd charge us more because we're foreign, we simply paid the same as everyone else when we got off the bus. Same in Costa Rica, you'd just pay [...]
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