Hola Nicaragua Part III

Sunday, June 18, 2006


Hola Nicaragua Part III

It's about an hour's drive from Managua to Granada...with someone who speaks no English. Alright, a good time to practice my Spanish. I did OK...enough to fill up about 2 minutes of the entire ride. I figured out how to ask him to turn on the radio...which he gladly did. They played the BeeGees...funny. I told him they were americans. Weren't they...or British. I got see my first volcano it smelled like Florida when we were experiencing forest fires. We passed through lots of poverty stricken areas...very sad. Finally, we made it to the school in Grenada where he dropped me off,only they had no idea who I was and nobody spoke english. Finally, it was indicated to me to stick with this younger guy to get me where I need to be. He spoke no english. We sat there for about an hour trying to communicate it was pretty funny...handing my translation book back and forth pointing at words. The most progress we made was figuring out we were the same age. We laughed alot. Finally, someone came who spoke a little english...she told me he would take me where I wanted to go. My friend Mike, who comes to Nic. pretty often told me about this hostel that is run by americans. So, that's were I am. And, it's really cool. I already met someone from Germany and someone from LA who's been travelling all around central america for 6 months. They have free internet, free coffee, VEGETARIAN food, cool music and really cool looking people. There's also a bar. Sometimes you have to use buckets of water, though, to flush the toilet when they run out of water. I think I've written enough for one day. I would love to get your feedback. I'm going to go have a beer and mingle with my fellow travelers. Adios!