On the ferry to Ometepe I saw Zach and Carolan, who I'd shared a cab from the Nicaragua border to San Juan del Sur with. Once again we pooled our resources to take a collective cab, saving over an hour - important when you're doing the rush visit! I had a great time chatting with our cab driver in spanish. Either my spanish is getting a lot better, or he was just smiling and nodding a lot to keep me happy. Maybe a little of both.
Once we got to Granada, we checked into the hostel, then wandered the city for a few hours. I had spent several days in Granada with my family back in 2003, and it was cool to see all the places I remembered. After that, I went for a run along lake nicaragua, and then we went out for dinner and drinks on Calle Calzada, a street which is basically a giant happy hour. We wandered from restaurant to restaurant, where we were able to grab a seat at an outdoor table, enjoy a drink, then head on. Most drinks (including the mojito) were $1.25 for 2 - pretty incredible!
The next morning we left at 10 AM for Laguna de Apoyo, a gorgeous crater lake about 30 minutes away. This was probably my favorite place I visited during our vacation in 2003, so I was very excited to be heading back. That defintiely made parting Granada so quickly a bit easier. You'll have to wait another day or two for details about the Laguna de Apoyo, but I do have photos of Granada for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
cool fountain in the town square
this guy came up to me asking for money, and offered to paint me a picture. I wasn't expecting much, but it was surprisingly good.
my artist with the finished piece - this is the first souvenir I've purchased on my trip (I've been good about trying to avoid the extra bulk). Pretty awesome that I was able to get my own piece of art made for me for only $5! We saw the artist later that night, and it looked like he'd spent all the $$$ I gave him on booze. Guess he was going for the whole Hemmingway thing. . .
some horses just chilling on the banks of Lago de Nicaragua
chowing down on some delicious street food in the granada market. As long as I don't get REALLY sick, it was weell worth it. They had some amazingly delicious food for ridiculously cheap - the enchilada I'm eating in the picture was 50 cents, and that was by far the most expensive thing we got.
this was probably the sketchiest thing we ate. It was this amazingly delicious chocolate drink which came out of a bucket! Afterwards I realized that getting this drink was probably not the wisest idea since they almost defintiely used non-purified water for the ice. (Heck, I'm just hoping they washed their hands!) However, it's been a day and a half since I had it and the old digestive system is doing fine - I think I've toughened it up on this trip!
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