Granada Vacations, Granada Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Well its time to finally say goodbye to Nicaragua, its been a amazing place to visit, made me feel angry at times, sad and also so happy, Nicaragua is certainly a magic country.  We leave on the Tica bus at 6.30am, ugh somehow i am still not gettin used to all those horrible early mornings, i am a night owl lol, i have never been a morning person.  So tonights task is, re-packing the bloody backpack, tho i have chucked out lots of items i no longer need or have used, it still is h...

They didn’t give us a stamp at the border.  This is always a bit of a downer, but now that turned into a real pain.  We got off the plane and went to collect our bags.  An official had waited until we claimed our bags before pouncing on us.  “Ahh, no stamp!  You are obviously sick perverted deviants that we wish to discourage in our proud and distinguished country” (rough translation).  Two police officers escorted us into a back room, while a third snapped...

Today Jon, Hanneke and I went for a walk down to Lago de Nicaragua.  Although the walk was nice and took us past some beautiful colonial buildings, the lake itself was unfortunately fairly unimpressive.Then we stopped in at Euro Cafe for some food and played some ping pong while we waited.  After lunch we made our way back to the hostel and rounded up the troops for the 4pm Granada national league baseball game.  We managed to encourage eleven people to go and seven of them to ...

Today we woke up early to eat and meet our guide for our kayaking trip. After a short taxi ride we arrived at the lake and hopped into the kayaks. I was amazed at the size of the lake. It almost looks like an ocean. The water is dirty and full of debris. Today was the first time i was able to practice filming with my waterproof camera case.  I think kayaking is the way to go if you want to see any animals. It is quiet and peaceful. You do have to be careful though. Stay close to the shor...