Leon Travel Blogs

We have managed to get a shuttle bus to Granada for Friday 26th, Same price as coming this way.  I dunno if i am actually looking forward to going back yet.  Iam so relaxed in this country, its more a hazy place, and i do enjoy it more, but we want to get into Peru so much now.  We h…

It’s the last day! So I think it’s necessary that I count the quantity of alcohol that we drank on this short trip.   Total Bottles of Wine: IIIIIIIII that’s 9 Total bottles of Beer: …..Countless. mmm…..            &nbs…

Another day, another volcano! This hike was to have a different ending though as instead of walking down the mountain, the descent of this volcano was to be much faster than walking and well, a lot more fun! Someone not too long ago came up with the great idea of volcano boarding, which is basicall…

Dear Simon and Ria: I didn't go on the volcano slide, it looks frankly dangerous and I am concerned about the environmental impacts.  Plus, the orange jumpsuits jar with my complexion.ChristThis place is hot.  Really, breathtaking hot. Unlike Granada, there is no lake breeze that whisks t…

As Sergei Lubensky, my dear friend from Chicago, joined us on Utila on February 9, 2008, we had a series of unforgettable adventures.  First - getting licensed on Utila is really cool. I read a lot about the backpacker's island but could never guess that the spirit is so amazing. Julia a…

So we had a first bad bus experience from Esteli to Leon.  We boarded a microbus (basically a dodge caravan that they cram 15 people in) and waited for an hour before the bus filled up. Once we hit the road we quickly found out the bus driver was a lunatic (drove as fast as the bus would go, p…

Following the epic/lucky journey from SFO to Managua, I made my way to Leon, eventually. The original plan had been to stop in a northern town to tour some of the infamous cigar factories, but upon arrival we discovered that everything was closed due to a huge holiday fiesta. We decided to cruise t…

Ok so i have been here in Nicaragua now for around 29 days, and im loving it! This place is great! There is so much to see and do, and its so pretty. I have been to Granada and and am now staying in Leon,  i found Granada a really nice place to be. The biuldings here are so old and colonial, t…

The first stop in Nicaragua was the old town of Leon, well not actually the old town.  The original "old town" was destroyed by an earthquake and abandoned centeries ago but this one was old enough for us.  Leon is the traditional liberal town of Nicaragua and the traditional enemy of the…

Selection of pics from our trip to Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. +++ Text is UNDER CONSTRUCTION +++

Hot. Heat, really really hot, sticky and dusty, everything is melting around me, im really hot.  The dry and dusty bottom of the broken pool in our hostel seems to laugh at our sweaty faces while the unrelenting sun glares at our already brown skin.  Ah, Leon.  One of those quai…

Sorry... I will only post pictures! It's too hard to write a blog about everything I did last year!

von masaya fahren wir via die hauptstadt managua nach leon. leon ist nach granada die zweitwichtigste koloniale stadt von nicaragua und insbesondere fuer ihre vielen kirchen bekannt. die stadt ist zwar viel weniger touristisch als granada, dafuer auch viel weniger schoen weil trostlo…

I know Içve been ridiculously lame with the blog, apologiesª Internet isnçt scare, and we check our emails fairly often, but we donçt really sit down too long to really write anything besides a quickÑ still aliveªWeçre staying at this hostel which has free internet, and weçre making FULL us…

Tour of Latin America 2007 onward