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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. little corn island (hotel, 5 nights), managua (b&b, 1 night), monteverde (b&b, 2 nights) q. favourite meal a. food this week has once again been really bleh thanks to my aversion to shellfish. however, for those who are able to indulge in the crustier […]
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what do i like? -the smallest island i’ve visited – roughly 1.5km in diameter, little corn is by far the smallest island i’ve been to. the selection is limited, the population is small and i would expect that everybody on the island knows everybody. the nearby island of big corn is much larger and has […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. laguna de apoyo (san simian, 2 nights), leon (hotel, 3 nights), little corn island (las palmeras, 1 night) q. favourite meal a. cuban food at el bodegon. a ex-pat owned restaurant with an alley-shaped courtyard. their menu is very simple; pick one of six […]
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what do i like? -the town feels alive – lots of university aged students and people on the streets at all hours of the day. this is what i expected out of granada but instead it was the complete opposite. having arrived close to the weekend, the city was bustling. -roaming around town with shooting […]
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what do i like? -a good mix of relaxation with active options as well – there are only 8 cabanas at san simian and it is further from the entrance to the laguna so most daytrippers from granada end up at the closer resorts. it’s very quiet here and we shared the entire grounds with […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. ometepe island (merida, la omaja, 3 nights), playa maderas (maderas, casa maderas, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. chicken quesadillas in a beach shack at the far end of playa maderas. there were about 10 things on the menu but the owner was only […]
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jojo: what do i like? -our first beach day since the netherlands almost 3 months ago and it didn’t disappoint. playa maderas is a small, quiet beach best known for surfing. the waves range in size but the beach is empty, sand is fine, water is warm and the landscape is made up of wave […]
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*this update is more than a week late thanks to brutally inconsistent wifi. almost every one of our stays have had horrendous wifi which has made blogging challenging. on top of that, the wifi card in my computer just decided to take early retirement and with no computers stores remotely close to us, we unplugged […]
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jojo: what do i like? -nicaragua is crazy cheap. when i say cheap, i mean really cheap. our meals have been in the 75-140 cordoba range ($3.75-7 cad) and we fully realize that granada is going to be one of the most expensive stops in nicaragua -booze is ridiculously cheap. we haven’t found ourselves drinking […]
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