Month: March 2018

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El Cañón de Somoto

Y aquí estamos, en la frontera de Nicaragua esperando que nuestros pasaportes sean aceptados por la oficina de inmigración. Al parecer hay que enviar una petición de entrada una semana antes, algo un poco extraño porque ningún/a viajer@ o agente de fronteras nos lo había dicho nunca. Después de esperar un buen rato, finalmente conseguimos…

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Wandering the Somoto Canyon

And here we are at the border with Nicaragua waiting for our passports to receive the approval from the main immigration office. Apparently, we were supposed to send an entrance request at least one week ago, weird that no traveller nor border agent has ever told us. Finally, we manage to officially enter in Nicaragua…

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Stopping by in Esteli

After visiting Somoto and its marvellous canyon, the next step on our schedule is to spend a couple of days in Esteli before leaving again for Matagalpa & Jinotega. At a first glimpse, the small town of Esteli is a very laid-back town that can be easily visited in less than a day. From the…

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Descubriendo León

¡Bienvenid@s a León, una de las ciudades más importantes de Nicaragua! Además de ser una bonita ciudad con impresionantes construcciones coloniales, ¡está rodeada de volcanes y atractivos naturales para explorar! Llegamos a la ciudad en chicken bus y decidimos alojarnos en el Hostal El Jardín, un bonito hostel un poco alejado del centro pero con…

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Pasando por Estelí

Después de visitar Somoto y su fantástico cañón, nos detenemos en Estelí para quedarnos un par de días antes de seguir para Jinotega y Matagalpa. El pequeño pueblo de Estelí es muy tranquilo y se puede recorrer a pie en poco tiempo. Al llegar a la estación de bus y después de deambular un poquito…

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Un dia en Comayagua

Salimos muy temprano de Los Naranjos, una pequeña aldea del lago Yojoa, para seguir hacia el sur: esta vez a la ciudad de Comayagua. El bus que va hasta Tegucigalpa y que pasa por Comayagua sale a las 6:20am así que vemos cómo amanece el día en la parada. Una vez nos subimos medio adormecidos,…

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Comayagua Time

We decide to finally leave Los Naranjos, a small village on Lake Yojoa, and keep following toward the south: next destination Comayagua. The bus that connects Los Naranjos to Tegucigalpa (and stops in Comayagua) passes through town at 6:20am, leaving you the time to enjoy a beautiful sunset from the bus stop. Once the bus…

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Discovering Leon

Welcome to León, one of the most important & well-known cities of Nicaragua! On top of being a hub for colonial architectural, it’s also surrounded by volcanoes and national parks ready to be explored! The chicken bus from Matagalpa leave us at the northern bus terminal which luckily enough is just a couple of blocks…

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Adventure on Tiger Island

This morning we finally leave the Hotel Liberteño (what a horrible but cheap place to stay) and head toward the Texaco gasoline pump in just outside the city centre of Comayagua. Although so far everybody has told us that there are no buses going down south without having to change in Tegucigalpa, we see the…

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