Barrio San António

After a short 2 hour flight from Panama I arrived at the airport hotel where we would meet up to go to the coffee farm.
Some fellow travelers were already there and and Dirk & I decided to hop on over to see Managua city center and get aquaintented with the local culture.

We gave in to a taxi opting out of the full immersion bus experience - but not after negotiating a ride price. 😉
The streets are not super busy with cars and the cars are used to max capacity most times. It is not uncommon for people to sit and stand in the truck’s pickup beds. Or even in the back of a big trailer… 🤯

Also if you can’t fit 4 people on a motorcycle can you even ride…?

We got out at the Cathedral Antigua - a neo Barock Cathedral that was damaged in the 1972 (seventy two!) earthquake and since never rebuilt or reopened 😳

It had an eerie look straight out of a set from a Zombie movie and as the sun set we were waiting for Will Smith and his dog to come out and head home after a day of rummaging. 🤨🐶

The plaza de revolucion was full of Xmas decorations and just to be efficient they do the Easter ones already as well. I like how they think. 😉

We worked are way towards the waterfront (a lake, I can tell all the Lake Zurich/Lake Konstanz size discussionistas you haven’t seen big until you see this) where we found oversized boardwalks with fancy kids playgrounds and random other seemingly touristy things like a “Swiss Minature” of Managua with waist high models of all the houses… but it was closed.

We grabbed a corn on the cob for $1.50 and visited the free Boeing that stood around as well.

On the way back we found a big recreational site with all the sports you can imagine, all outdoor:
Soccer, baseball, basketball, volleyball, skate ramps…
Everywhere little street vendors with bells sell snacks, food, water or small gifts and memorabilia.Läs mer