Day 13

We were staying in hostel called Oasis, next to market street and near by central park. Previous night we had booked a Canopy tour for us. Once again a private driver picked us from our hostel and drove us near by the Mombacho volcano.

Day 14

Daytrip to Lagoon de Apoyo.

Day 14

Saturday was just a relaxing day for us. Me and Jonna went to walk around the city and saw this beautiful garden in one cafe.

Day 15

Sunday we decided to walk around and check the local beach.

Day 16

Our last day in Nicaragua started with excellent breakfast with good company in Choco museum cafe. 

After breakfast me, Tuuli and Jonna spend the last day at the Mombacho Spa club’s pool area (it was located in the same building than the choco museum cafe).

There was these three ducks on the pool area. We heard that the owners daughters wanted them as her pets, so they were just chilling there.

Although they were cute, but when we had our lunch these maniac ducks tried to eat our nachos! And also when I was passing them one of them tried to eat my foot.

Our last sunset in Nicaragua from our hostel’s roof. I must say that I will miss Nicaragua very much; its culture, weather, all the people we met, landscapes and backpacking in general. I know that one day I will go back there.

Here is a map of Nicaragua, as you can see we traveled a lot in two and half weeks. We started from Managua, traveled to Granada, from there Rivas, San Jorge and took ferry to Ometepe, from San Jorge to San Juan Del Sur, back to Rivas, Managua, El Rama, Pearl Lagoon, Bluefields, El Rama, Managua, Granada and flight home from Managua.

Last view from the airplane.

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Day 12

Once again we had a long day to travel. We took boat in the morning to Bluefields and from there another boat to El Rama.

A cosmopolitan destination. Bluefields is the municipality where six ethnic groups merge, most of them as the result of a mix of African, mestizo and indigenous tribes. (http://vianica.com/nicaragua/raas/bluefields/17.1)

From El Rama we took “express” bus to Managua, again 7 hours in bus. This time we had time to buy some fruits with us.

Somewhere in the half way we changed a bus and we arrived around 6 pm to Managua. Our goal was this time to get to Granada in same day, so we took a taxi from bus station to microbus station and from there a-one-hour trip to Granada (We decided that we will stay there the rest of our holiday, 6 nights).

Day 11

We had booked a private boat from previous nights restaurant, which took us to Pearl Cays. On the boat there was us three, our captain, his dog and a local fisherman. It was bumpy ride all the way there. Waves shook the boat and wind was blowing.We could see how the color of the water changed. It was now bright blue and clear.

We left from the paradise island around 4.30 pm and on our way back the weather changed dramatically.

Bar & Restaurante Tropical.

Day 10

Early in the next morning we went to look if our bus was ready to leave, but as usual in Nicaragua if they say bus leaves at 5.30 am, it might leave whenever. This time we waited an hour and then there was enough people so we left. It wasn’t actual bus, more like a truck and we sat in the pallet of the truck. There was seats, but now seat belts. Again we had long way to go, and somehow we forgot again to get enough food with us. I think we began to learn to get along without the basics human needs.

There is a dirt road that goes from El Rama to Kukra Hill, which then leads to the town of Pearl Lagoon. This road is in fair condition and the easiest way to get to Pearl Lagoon coming from the main land. (http://vianica.com/attraction/180/pearl-lagoon)

After four hours travelling we changed the bus in some town to the local “chicken bus”. This time the bus was full of different ethnic people. In Pacific side of Nicaragua the people were mainly hispanic and here in Caribbean side almost everyone were with African descent. Another observation was that people spoke English! So far we had heard only Spanish everywhere, so it was a bit confusing at first. Couple hours at the bus and we finally arrived to Laguna de Perlas.

 This territory of Pearl Lagoon has many natural and cultural attractions. Its name is related to the large coastal lagoon that preserves its natural state and has several interesting sites, such as mangroves, river deltas and internal cays. The Pearl Cays are located in Caribbean waters (white sand beaches, turquoise waters and green palms), as well as the Man O’War Cays, which are less known. (http://vianica.com/nicaragua/raas/laguna-de-perlas/17.8)

We took a room from bed & breakfast place called Green Lodge. The owner couple were really nice and helpful. Me and Jonna wanted go to see the swimming beach, so we took a taxi with some local guys.

It felt like every day we passed someones house, there was laundry day! Seriously, every day.

In Nicaragua we saw so many stray dogs on the streets. Also on the beach there were many begging for food.

 We had dinner in Bar & Restaurante Tropical. Because we were staying in fishing town, we ate fish, which was so delicious!

Day 9

Early next morning we left by bus to Rivas. From there we jumped to next bus which took us back to Managua. We needed to took a taxi to other bus station where we took another bus to El Rama. We didn’t have much food or water with us, so the next 7 hours was pretty exhausting for us. It was local bus, so called “chicken bus” (yellow school bus, similar to The Simpsons school bus)

It was around 7 pm when we finally arrived to El Rama. We weren’t that pleased to stay there, but we didn’t have choice. So we took the cheapest hostel, which was actually quite horrible.

The municipality of El Rama is located right where the Siquia, Mico and Rama rives meet. Historically, its city has helped communicating the Pacific Region with the Caribbean Sea, through the city of Bluefields. The majority of its population lives in rural communities, which are dedicated to agriculture.  (http://vianica.com/nicaragua/raas/el-rama/17.9)