{"id":9320,"date":"2024-11-15T20:13:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T19:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetpepper.de\/worldtravel\/?p=9320"},"modified":"2024-11-17T01:53:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T00:53:29","slug":"bye-bye-nicaragua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetpepper.de\/worldtravel\/2024\/11\/15\/bye-bye-nicaragua\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye Bye Nicaragua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am not unhappy that we are already saying \u201cBye Bye to Nicaragua\u201d.
We only had a small insight into this country, but we are leaving it with a pretty positive feeling. But it leaves us also with a certain feeling of trepidation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again and again the question from Nicaraguans whether we had been treated well at the border and again and again this caution on certain topics. Topics that people prefer to talk about very quietly and not without first looking around to see if anyone else is listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We visit Leon and Granada, the two visitor magnets in this country.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is made clear to us several times that cities and their inhabitants could not be more different. The cities are opposites in that Leon tends to be progressive and liberal and Granada conservative. Granada is about seeing and being seen, even if the remaining \u201ccolonialist\u201d is rather impoverished. Leon is about freedom and its heroes. And yet, it is not only in Granada that young people are saying goodbye to their country, but also in Leon. In both cities you can feel that they love their country, the nature, the volcanoes, the lakes, but they don’t have much hope for the future with this government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bye bye wealth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

And indeed, the \u201cwealth\u201d in both cities is quickly over when you get to the outskirts. The great poverty is unmistakable. The further we get out of the cities, the worse it gets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Granada and Leon are beautiful colonial cities. So beautiful that we decide to stay 2 days longer in Leon and take a car to the ferry that will take us to El Salvador. We have already booked the trip for a certain date. So staying longer means no time for cycling to the border left. There is certainly more to see and do. We didn’t visit the beaches on the Pacific coast or any of the volcanoes, but I’m sure this country really has something to offer for a vacation trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Granada<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Granada is a beautiful, colorful city that is great to stroll through.  And, of course, you can take a photo or two. One request: please don’t take one of those horse-drawn carriages that take tourists around. The horses stand in the sun all day, defecate miserably in their bags tied to the back and just have a shitty life. We went on a guided bicycle tour and understood more about this country than any travel guide book could \u201ctell\u201d us.  We were in a cemetery, full of history and full of heroes. Young heroes who had to die far too young because of a few idiots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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