We woke up in the morning and went for a run through the town and by Lake Nicaragua. The run was tough for me because by 8 am the temperature was in the mid 80’s. After the run we went, back to the Bearded Monkey and packed up our belongings and checked out of the [...]

We took the bus to the colonial town of Granada from Managua.  We were going to spend a day there and then head to Isla de Ometepe.  We decided we were going to stay at a hostel called the Bearded Monkey.  A Dutch guy that we had briefly met in Managua recommended it to us.  [...]

Now that we had safe accommodations for the night, we decided we should explore Managua. We walked to a nearby park called Loma de Tiscapa. The park has a monument honoring the leftist rebellion leader, Augusto Sandino. Sandino gained prominence in leading rebel forces against US marines and US-backed Nicaraguan governments in the 1920’s and [...]

We broke a cardinal rule of traveling on
the trip to Managua. We didn’t have
hotel arrangements prior to our arrival and we were getting into town in the
late evening. We will often get into a
community during the daytime without hotel arrangements and canvass the area
for the best deal but at night it is virtually impossible.
We [...]