The race to Granada

The ride from Leon to Granada was fine. We only got stopped once by the police. And before he got done checking our paperwork he opened the van side door looked in the back and saw the 3 big Swedish guys. He quickly closed the door didn’t even finish looking at our paperwork and let us go. Haha. In most towns in Central America Saturday is market day; Granada was no different. When we got in town about noon all the streets in the center were full of fruit and vegetable, clothes, nick-nacks stales and people. One wrong turn on a one-way street and we were driving right down the center of the market.

Market in Granada

It was such as tight squeeze for the van but we inched our way through. A couple more turns and we were at the hostel.

Just as we pulled up so did another couple from Leon, whom were staying at our same hostel. Before we left we jokingly said we would race them to Granada since they were taking Chicken Buses and leaving at the same time as us. Low and behold here they came running up the street as we were getting out of the van. The guy (of the couple) ran up to the hostel door, smacked it and claimed his win. Ooohhhh. We were all laughing.
After we checked in we found out there was another 8 people from the hostels in Leon here in Granada. Since we had such a big group we planned to all go out drinking that night, half way to celebrate Halloween and half just cause.

Ryan selling candy on Halloween

**(Some orphan kids from a local shelter. The lady who owned the hostel (originally from Holland) explained that the shelter takes the kids in when the families don’t want to or can’t care for the kids. The shelter offers Spanish course to foreigners to raise money and is looking for volunteers to come teach English to the kids. Ryan and I are thinking to come back here to volunteer instead of Hogar in Honduras since there is still turmoil in Honduras and we still have not heard back from that orphanage. Will keep you posted.)

Orphan kids dressed up for Halloween

Halloween

The race to Granada

Granada, Nicaragua