BACK TO GRANADA

Thursday Jan 6^th,

Thanks to the sanctuary provided by mosquito nets, I awoke at around 6:15am with most of my blood supply intact. Since the promised cooling ocean breezes took a hiatus just before midnight, we relied on the services of a rusted relic of an electric fan to supply some air movement.

 Following a light breakfast we caught the 8:30 bus back to town, Halfway to Leon, I realized that I still had the room key in my pocket! After trying for most of the trip to figure out a way to return it, the problem was solved for me. As soon as we got off the bus we were approached by one of the market vendors who had received a call from the hotel staff. She would simply send it back when she sent them the day’s supplies of fruit and vegetables.

  A taxi ride across town, followed by a bus ride to UCA, Managua (University of Central America) and then a transfer to the Granada bus found us back on the streets of Granada in time for lunch- The entire trip, in just under 4 hours cost us a grand total of $9.00-quite a savings compared to the $40 private transport we used to get from Granada to Leon on Monday.

 While I had hoped to climb at least one more volcano on my visit to Leon, arthritis and self preservation seem to have bested my spirit of adventure- perhaps another time!