My holiday in Nicaragua was quite simply the most eye-opening, amazing trip I’ve ever been on. I’ve never seen such extremes in my life. I went to the upper class club “Hipa Hipa” in Managua and then drank Toña in a bar made of sheet iron on the island of Ometepe. I’ve never lived in such extremes, from the very nice Holiday Inn in Managua to sleeping at a place that only had a fan and no hot water on Ometepe (when there was water at all). It was just amazing to experience the two extremes.

What was the most amazing thing about Nicaragua? Well, apart from the people, it was that damn Volcano Concepcion on the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua. It’s still active, and every now and then spews out some ash and rumbles. It didn’t do any of that while I was on the island, though. It’s an amazing sight to behold (it’s only half the height of Mt Fuji, however) and you see it everywhere you travel on Ometepe. It arrogantly stands there in stark contrast to the peaceful life of the people living there.

Click on the image below to get to the Flickr set, which I’m still working on. About 1/2 the photos are online.

I was going to complete what happened on the rest of the roadtrip… but screw it. One of the highlights was when a girl I was chatting to at some bar in Asheville, North Carolina, basically proposed to me. If it weren’t for the 5 pints of Guinness I’d had already, I might have even considered the offer. I don’t even know how that makes sense. All I’m really trying to say is that a fair chunk of the pictures from the trip are online here.

I have been extremely busy lately with a lot of stuff, most of it work, unfortunately. I’ve just been damn tired the last week. Not to worry though - tomorrow I head off on another road trip! But it’s not going to be in the US. I’m heading off with a friend for 8 days of exploring in Nicaragua. I speak very little Spanish (very, very little). That should not be too much of a problem though, as my friend speaks Spanish quite well and he’s actually from Nicaragua. Convenient, no?

Whilst there, we’ll be visiting the capital Managua (which, even with a population of over a million, is the only city I know of that has no street names… queue the U2). Also we’re visiting the coastal town of San Juan Del Sur, Granada, the volcanic island of Ometepe, Leon, Selva Negra… the list goes on. I’m pretty damn excited about this. My camera trigger finger is going to get RSI.

Peace out,
BK (borracho Kristian).

The forbidden dance, and Kaoma’s song is one of my favourite songs from growing up in the 80’s.

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