(March 16 – written by Dave) Today was our last full day riding in Nicaragua and boy did the country put on a show.  The show started in a very sad way, with what looked like a fatal motorcycle accident on the edge of town.  We arrived on the scene after a large crowd had … Continue reading Nicaragua delights – Granada to Rivas (72k/12,411k)

(March 15 – written by Dave) Today we played tourists in Granada, did some chores and met a dog.  First the dog.  To be fair, we didn’t really meet the dog, as in, we didn’t get his name.  But we did meet him in that he was pretty happy taking a nap laying on my … Continue reading Granada thoughts…

(March 14 – written by Nancy) Today we had planned a short kilometre day to get us to Granada but we knew the first part of it was through the traffic of the Managua suburbs so we rolled out of our hotel not too much later than usual.  Well, it probably wasn’t quite early enough, … Continue reading Escaping Managua – Managua to Granada (56k/12,339k, 450m)

(March 13 – written by Dave) We were first up at the hostel this morning, even waking the night man.  The kitchen is right next to the dorm rooms and the walls of the dorm rooms don’t go all the way to the ceiling.  That meant that we probably also woke up dorm room guests … Continue reading Revolution – Leon to Managua (89k/12,283k)

 (March 12 – written by Dave) We like Leon.  There is a university here, right near our hostel.  And there are enough gringos around so that Leon has some of the services we are “used” to.  Leon is the second largest city in Nicaragua at about 200,000 people.  Managua is the largest at just over … Continue reading Leon thoughts…

(March 11 – written by Dave) We had a long, but relatively easy day today – reaching Leon just about noon.  We were on the road by 6AM and blasted through the cooler morning on super smooth Nicaraguan roads.  Traffic was almost non-existent.  We had the Volcano Cristóbal Casita as a nearly constant companion throughout … Continue reading Volcano Cristóbal Casita – Somotillo to Leon (111k/12,194k)

(March 10 – written by Nancy) Welcome to Nicaragua – country number 7 for us on this trip.  And goodbye to Honduras after a very short visit. We had a very peaceful night in our room last night at the Hotel Rivera – it was actually one of the nicer rooms we have been in … Continue reading Nicaragua – San Lorenzo to Somotillo (89k/12,083k)