Today I finally managed to do something productive.  I dragged my sorry excuse of a carcass out of bed and wandered to a Spanish school that had caught my eye.  Castle Xateva is a non-profit education and care centre, helping street kids and providing Spanish tuition.  Every penny you pay for your accommodation and schooling …

I wake up at night.  Probably something to do with singing karaoke until 6am this morning.  That was the only sun I saw today.  I feel ashamed.  I lazily wander through Granada’s streets, looking for somewhere to eat.  After a gut busting black and blue burger ( for breakfast), I bump into fellow hostel people.  …

Note to self; don’t be hung over for a mammoth chicken bus journey.  We’re squeezed into hot, sweaty, smelly buses on route to Granada.  I know what a sardine feels like.  Still they keep packing humans in.  It’s going to be a long day. At every turn on our road trip, which detours to Managua …

Up with the lark to ride a horse?  That’s the way I roll.  I decided to get back on the beast and trek to a volcano.  This beats sitting around on my arse all day trying to work up the courage to throw myself down dried lava.  Our guide speeds us out of the city …

Today was pretty insignificant, save for the fact I discovered what I want to do for the rest of my life. After an uneventful morning, I was wandering the Leon streets through a lazy afternoon, when we chanced upon a game of football.  On a small, run down five-a-side concrete street pitch, boys of all …

Another day of nothing.  I feel like I’m boring the pants off of anyone foolhardy enough to be reading this.  To be quite fair, there are going to be many days similar, and many times when I just need to relax.  As fun as adventure and travel is, it doesn’t half knacker you out. I’m …

Today I did nothing.  Oh wait, no, I had a massage.  Then I did nothing.  And it felt soooo good I tell you.  Sooooo good.

Get my card back, have my kilt and backpack fixed with a needle and thread, and buy a Nicaragua flag sticker for my guitar.  Such is the plan of action for today.  We start with the sticker.  I have my priorities in perfect order. Long story short, everything falls into place.  For once.  My card …

Rolling out of bed sometime in the mid afternoon, I decide to be good to myself today and do nothing.  That is until I realise my bank card is missing. Did it fall out somehow?  Did the pretty girl from Leon fleece me as I bought a round of drinks?  With a rush of blood …

I stumble onto the Tica bus at 5am after a night in the petrol station.  This after the biggest scare of the evening was a shot gun toting security guard stepping out from behind a tree to say hello.  Shot gun beats pepper spray.  Note to guard; don’t step out from behind trees. The bus …