Granada, Nicaragua
Granada, Nicaragua From the very minute we set foot on the paved roads of Granada, we were in love. I have always had the impression that every place has an emotional thumbprint, that every…
Nicaraguan Chocolate
Nicaraguan Chocolate (and the cake) I may never have known what chocolate really is, if we never went to Granada or if I never bopped into the chocolate museum on the main road. As…
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua November 2019 Even though I knew that it was probably silly to jump straight from one coastal tourist trap to the next, I loved the look of San Juan del…
Crossing the border between Costa Rica & Nicaragua
The Border Crossing (between Costa Rica & Nicaragua) February 2020 By the second time we take the bus between San José and the border, we feel like old hands, comfortably slotting into the melee of…
Xmas Day in Nicaragua
Xmas Day in Nicaragua 2019 If I am unable to spend Xmas in the warm and hairy bosom of my family, I have a long-standing personal tradition of spending Xmas Day in the most…