Ocotal, Nicaragua
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 
Ocotal, Nicaragua, originally uploaded by peggydaly.
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Last Stop Before Honduras – Ocotal
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Like I said, I don’t like to do all day bus trips. Not knowing how long the border crossing at Los Manos would take, I decided to spent a night in the Nicaraguan town closest to the border. Ocotal was also praised in the lonely planet for the botanical garden in its square and for being a nice, typical northern Nicaraguan town. OK – this will be a nice way to say good bye to Nicaragua. A goodbye I fortunately felt I was ready for.
Ocotal is at the base of the Sierra de Diplito, Nicaragua’s highest range, and the climate here is lovely as well. I found an awesome $10 room at hospedaje Llamarada del Bosque and headed out to walk the town. The square and adjacent church really are lovely. A little later I met Sarah, a Nicaraguan guide who spoke decent english and wanted to practice with me. We chatted for a long time and I agreed to go visit her home so I could take a digital picture of her, in her guide shirt, to send to her to be used in the guidebooks she is frequently mentioned in – footprint, lonely planet, etc. she even has her pic in the back of one. Despite being molested by her dusty dog (there was one outfit retired a day earlier than i planned) it was a lovely evening.
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Matagalpa, Nicaragua, originally uploaded by peggydaly.
Rusting tank at the entrance to La Finca Selva Negra Finca Selva Negra
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
The next day I hop on a bus headed further up the mountains towards jinotega for a day trip to La Selva Negra, spanish for The Black Forest. The bus lets me off about ½ way, next to a rusting ... [Continue reading this entry]
Cooling off in Matagalpa
Monday, February 11th, 2008
I said goodbye to my air-conditioned room in Leon and took off for a place with some altitude and what I’d hope would be nature’s own air-conditioning. I just get so lazy when it’s hot. So I caught a chicken ... [Continue reading this entry]
Mondongo
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Today I set out for the indigenous neighborhood west of town: Subtiava. I sat outside of san juan batista de subtiava, leon’s oldest church, until it opened and then paid my respects. It’s a wonderful old church that ... [Continue reading this entry]
Mondongo
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Fleeing My Cheap Hostel
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
I now know that it is NOT worth it for me to stay in a dump for less $ because inevitably I leave in need of a splurge. My room at The Cedar House was inexpensive but stifling hot ... [Continue reading this entry]
Launching Lent in Leon – A little Lenten Alliteration ☺
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
I arrived here on ash Wednesday to find the city’s youth, en masse (pun intended), in front of the cathedral sporting their ubiquitous catholic school uniforms and ash-smudged foreheads. Not quite like being a catholic at a public school ... [Continue reading this entry]
Peggy Rehm