South of the Border

Is it the cities that teaches... or the experience? Either way, I'll give the credit to Granada. **Disclaimer** Sorry no photos Today I have learned several things. Granada is hot and humid.  The streets smell like everything, EVERYTHING.  Pali is here, and still sucks.  You can buy bag of natural cashews (no oil and unsalted) for less the $4.  Things are cheaper.  Tona is better in bottles. Hostel are filled with all types of people.  Taxi's are SUPER CHEAP.  Shoeshines are everywhere. Men cat call,. . . but, ''It's my fault, I wore shorts''.  Its nice to travel alone.  People still ride bike, more americas should.  Almost everyone has facebook, young and old.  One of my taxi driver of the day (there were two in count) has a personal vendetta against Jimmie Carter, He said, ''Ayy Jimmie Carter, si lo veo no mato'' then he moved his hands as to strangle... if you look, you can find great hummus anywhere.... Thank you Granada...

Fourth time in Nicaragua.  Second time in Granada.  In a sentence, Granada is a visual and olfactory overload. There are people everywhere.  Children, women with huge baskets on their heads (a real talent by the way), taxi's and their car horns, men and their shoeshine stations, even a man selling cheese that asks ''Do you want cheese?''  - Just like that.  I replied, ''Sorry Sir, no cheese for me''.   I enjoy my  tri  monthly trips to Nicaragua or several reasons, one things here are cheaper and two its a mini vacation.  Although the distance from Costa Rica to Nicaragua so no greater then state to state in the USA, the simple act of border crossing (a whole another topic if you ask me) and stepping to another country is incredible.   My brother getting is hair cut. San Juan del Sur 2011 Now if you have visited both Costa Rica and Nicaragua will you know this, but if you haven't you are in for a real surprise.  These coun...