From Santa Marta flight over Bogota, Panama City to Managua.
Oriental Market in the centre of Managua is very lively and noisy place with an interesting colorful crowd.
Not really friendly - I was attacked as "Americano" by a man, who could be held back by our company
19th July is a national holiday because of the revolution, and was celebrated by Daniel Ortega party using 3 miliom dollars, in the second poorest country in the world, right after Haiti
Trip to Masaya by a public minibus for equivalent of 50 cents. Colorful buses ful up to the roof were passing direction Managua to join the national party. The city Masaya has some nice "colonial" architecture
Motocho volcano
For 15 US$ brings you an open Mercedes truck 1000m up on quite steep gravel roads to a rangers station where the volcano tracks start.
Though on the top of a volcano, the flora and fauna resembles a jungle, which got very very noisy just before a heavy rain came out of nowhere.
Wednesday was again a working day and our lab counterparts staged sample taking from a boat on the Managua lake
G r a n a d a is a beautiful small city South of Managua, which can be reached by the same cheap public minibus, where one has a feeling to be part of the local life. Busy central square with a lot of stands with colorful touristy stuff.
More colonial architecture, big old cathedral falling apart, busy market. Convoy of cars with kids, celebrating some princess.
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