Lago de Nicaragua, Nicaragua

Romany in the Granada hotel lobby.
Jim, Romany and Ciaran on the lake


Having made the run from the east of Honduras to Leon in Nicaragua we met up with Susie s brother Jim who had arranged for us to have a bit of a look at the other side of travel in Central America with a business associate Tom and his wife. This distinctly upmarket leap involved an air conditioned vehicle and more travel in 2 days than we normally do in a week. And all kindly backed with upmarket meals and hotels.
So we were picked up from Leon and driven to Granada where we unloaded our gear in a very posh colonial hotel right in the centre. Then the afternoon was spent in a boat going between islands on the lake, looking at the rich peoples houses built on the island, not feeding the monkeys who came down to the waters edge in hope of some food and ending up at an island swimminng pool.
Travelling in this way is almost as hard as being in the caribbean. It is getting pretty hot before the rainy season, now up to 37deg in the afternoon but air=con makes it all OK.