Moving On Up

Getting stuck in Managua for another day was clearly not desirable but it was neccesary to get to Honduras, so while we were there we decided to make the most of it and go to the National Museum of Nicaragua. There we were given a guided tour for free and I think it was a really good way to say good bye to Nicaragua because I learned so much about the country which helped me appreciate it more. Did you know that it is the youngest country in Central America, when the plates shifted thousands of years ago Nicaragua was created, prior to the shift Central America was not connected. Because it is such a young country there are many volcanos and lakes, hence the name of the country Nicar (volcano or mountainous region) and agua (water). The night ended early as our bus to Honduras was at 4am the next day.

Travelling through boarders in Central America is definitely not something that you want to do very often and after my 15 hour bus ride with multiple stops I have decided when I do come back down into Costa Rica I will be flying. The stopover at the boarder lasted over two hours and there was three stops that were like 30 minutes and the bus was 2 hours behind schedule as the added boarder patrol stopped our bus on the search for a specific Nicaraguan person.  Driving through the country though was quite beautifull as it is very green and mountainous. There were many pick up trucks cruising down the road full of fruit and houses among the hills that looked almost like Greece except colourful. There were also a bunch of fires in the bush close to the road and as we drove past you could feel the heat through the bus. The houses closer to the city however were very poor looking and the structure of some of the river side homes looked as if they were going to crumble. After the long travel we ended up at a hostel and pretty much fed ourselves and passed out. See mom its not all about parties lol.