We travelled down from Granada to Isla de Ometepe on the 2nd of September. Isla de Ometepe is situated in Lake Nicaragua, which we had previously seen in Granada. We were able to catch a bus directly from Granada to the Rivas, at Rivas we took a taxi to the port as we were in danger of missing our boat. The bus we took from Granada to Rivas was an old American yellow school bus which they call chicken buses over here due to the liberal nature of what is allowed...

We woke up in León, Nicaragua still a little weary from our previous days travel but excited to start exploring another country. León is one of Nicaragua'a three major cities along with Granada and the capital Managua. Managua was chosen as capital due to the fierce rivalry between the other two cities which involved many years of conflict. We wanted to take it fairly easy so we made a plan of a few things we wanted to see. We chose the Rubén Darío museum, ...