Nicaragua – LISTENING TO THE WORLD

City view, Granada, Nicaragua, February 13, 2018

In Latin America, every city I visit has a church, so I began to almost not care about any churches. In Leon, however, I visited Iglesia La Merced to climb the roof – the church is the tallest building in Centro area. There was a boy collecting $1 before climbing the stairs. The stairway was steep and narrow. Finally, the view was clear and the wind was refreshing, but I think it was better in Leon! @Iglesia la Merced, Granada, Nicaragua, February 13, 2018 https://listeningtotheworld.net https://www.facebook.com/listenworld/

Border crossing, Peñas Blanca’s, nicaragua, February 14, 2018

Exiting Nicaragua was the toughest vehicle exit so far. Exiting usually takes about 10 minutes but it took 1.5 hrs in Nicaragua. I am now comfortable with the usual processes and identifying who are real government officials and who are private helpers with similar looking uniforms. What was new here was that I needed to get approval stamps from a customs agent and a police officer, who allegedly were around this open square but in fact it was hard to find them. The police officer had...

Catedral de León, leon, Nicaragua, February 12, 2018

Unlike the previous few days, from Leon I had planned to spend more time for conventional touristy sightseeing activities. As expected, Leon was full of travellers which indicated that there is a free walking tour. So I joined one early next morning, only to find out it was the first real day for the new young travel guides. They were obviously nervous and there were so many pauses, which made the whole group feel awkward. Though I felt bad, I gave up after the first 40...