Granada is supposedly one of the best colonial cities in Central America, situated on the shore of Lago de Nicaragua. However, for various reasons I failed to experience this aspect of Granada. My first day here was spent organising various things that had been neglected for too long, for example, getting a haircut. I was a bit nervous when the barber decided to turn the chair away from the mirror so I was unable to see the progress but eventually it turned out a...

Even after only three days in Nicaragua, it is by far the best country I`ve visited in Central America. It`s cheap, friendly and looks far better than both Costa Rica and Panama did (people and countryside). After leaving San Jose slightly later than we had hoped to, we were forced to spend our first night in Rivers, what was described as a dirty crossing town, but turned out to be very pleasant, with exeption to our hotel room. We left early the next day to the...