5am and heading for Nicaragua

We are going to Nicaragua by boat and not a fancy boat. The trip is quite pleasant and we get ponchos smelling of fuel when the waves just start getting bigger and start soaking us!

We arrive at a beach in Nicaragua and get out of the boat into the water then walk onto the beach. Such an odd way to enter the country.

Thankfully a guy is there to carry our bags up the beach to the mini van - the guy carried three bags at once! I tipped him well as he works for tips and only works when these tours arrive by boat.

Also the people working in the customs office only put on uniforms when tours like ours arrive!

We drive to Leon the second largest town in Nicaragua. Lots of poverty in the rural parts as you can see.

The town is very busy with lots of bars and restaurants. We have a leisurely lunch in a lovely place with a courtyard and hammocks! I am loving it.

After a late and long lunch we have a quick walk around, make a supermarket stop, eat at MacDonalds and then go back to the hotel to rest.

And what am I doing tomorrow!!!

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