January 28, 2006
Amazingly we all scattered from Costa Rica via various modes of transportation with the plan of regrouping in Granada that afternoon and evening. Bob via Tica Bus, Give a Kid a Back pack via Taca airline, and myself who went with Tom (remember him?) via Nature
Air . The flight to Granada was stunning yet very bumpy. The most amazing thing occurred during it and stayed wiht us for about 15 minutes! A rainbow BELOW us! As many are, Tom was a bit concerned about the safety of Nicaragua. The war has been over for 20 years. All I see there is peace. I tried to explain to Tom we are about to enter another world. Dangerous Nicaragua is not, while the stigma holds, it is actually more peaceful than Costa Rica. Nicaragua for me is PURE. Untouched still by tourism (but that is going a bit crazy too). Granada is like entering a world many years back except for the few cars on the cobblestone streets you would
never know what century you were in! And reality is, it is the oldest colonialized city in the Americas, settled in 1524 by the Spaniards. Then I explained that the 'barrio'
Villa de Esperanza, where we worked, was about a 20 minute walk from the main city and that most people that visit Granada rarely see that side of it.
January 28, 2006
Air . The flight to Granada was stunning yet very bumpy. The most amazing thing occurred during it and stayed wiht us for about 15 minutes! A rainbow BELOW us! As many are, Tom was a bit concerned about the safety of Nicaragua. The war has been over for 20 years. All I see there is peace. I tried to explain to Tom we are about to enter another world. Dangerous Nicaragua is not, while the stigma holds, it is actually more peaceful than Costa Rica. Nicaragua for me is PURE. Untouched still by tourism (but that is going a bit crazy too). Granada is like entering a world many years back except for the few cars on the cobblestone streets you would
never know what century you were in! And reality is, it is the oldest colonialized city in the Americas, settled in 1524 by the Spaniards. Then I explained that the 'barrio' Villa de Esperanza, where we worked, was about a 20 minute walk from the main city and that most people that visit Granada rarely see that side of it.
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