After our long day at the border entering Nicaragua 🇳🇮, we felt it would be wise to leave early as we still had many miles to travel, go through Managua and also exit the country.
As we approached Managua, things started to change radically and we could not believe our eyes. There were nice houses now on the side of the road, there was a lot of activity happening with cars, buses, taxis, motorcycles and people all around. The quality and size of gas stations improved considerably and we felt we were in a different country. There is clearly a major difference of rural and city Nicaragua 🇳🇮. Much more than any other country we had been to.
We did not go to downtown Managua but the little we saw we liked.
The way from Managua to the border we made it on a road that was very close to Lake Nicaragua and we stopped a couple of times to take photos and have lunch.
The lake has a very strong wing that blows from East to West and large amounts of the land bordering the lake is filled with windmills of the electrical kind.
Being on the south side of the lake and looking at the two islands with volcanoes in the middle of the lake will be a memory I will keep forever.
We also had the opportunity to interact with some locals as we asked Maria to cook us a typical Nicaragua meal which she did (fried chicken with yuca and cheese). We also gave a ball to a very nice boy and played some soccer with him.
We would have loved to just stay there, overlooking the lake, longer but we still had to cross the border to Costa Rica 🇨🇷.
Leaving Nicaragua 🇳🇮 was a long process with a new twist which was authorization from the police to leave the country. They took our passports away and we had to wait for about 20 minutes at which time he came back and said everything was ok.
After 90 minutes (new record to leave a country) we moved towards Costa Rica 🇨🇷 and here we had to do immigration (easy), customs (long as usual) and buy insurance (also long process). Eventually we made it out and had one hour of riding time before the sun set so we opted to stay in Liberia, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 at a very nice hotel called Villa Hermosa. Here we were able to interact with Costa Rica people and we liked it a lot. Very friendly. In this specific case the hotel belonged to a family that worked together (Dad constructed it, Mom cooked and son managed it) to make our stay very nice. For dinner we had a Mom cooked meal and there was even selection of different breakfast meals. One of my favorite things during this stay was to sit on a hanging chair, stroking Tiara the resident dog and catch up on the internet while sipping a beer.
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Leaving Chinandega, NI
By Lake Nicaragua with Concepcion volcano on the background
Entertainment on the road in Managua, NI
Lunch on the road in Nicaragua
Soccer ball donation
Smiling faces after soccer ball donation
Dinner in Liberia, CR
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