STORY INTERRUPTED JOURNEY (continued, p.2) In general, a good relaxing over the previous few days, we decided to go into the cultural capital of Nicaragua, the city of Granada. This city is very different from San Juan del Sur. They are much livelier, a lot of tourists and locals, but the main difference in architecture. Granada has retained a distinct colonial mood, which is manifested in the appearance of buildings. Some houses look very regally, such as the cathedral's main square, or the monastery of St. Francis, but most buildings here are small, bright and very nice. Despite the fact that the town we stayed only two days, we had to live in two different hotels. First - I do not remember what it's called, it is near the hotel "Oasis" - I did not like: the kitchen was dirty, and besides, the number of high purity did not differ. The second hotel, "Ospedahe Esfrinhe, was closer to the market and was quite modest, but the rooms there, at least, have been cleaner. The main street of the city, Calle Atravesada, located nearby, and was a real shopping street, which sold and repaired anything. Worked there a lot of people who repaired bicycles, and just as many artists from sewing machines. All of them were sitting by the roadside and could mend clothes and shoes. Here, too, was crowded. In the main square, called Central Park, people were smaller, but still could not walk because of the numerous tourists and horses with carts, which can take a tour of the city. It is sad, but some of these horses looked very exhausted, and this deterred us from doing horse tours. Instead we walked around the city on foot. Artisans on Calle Atravesada Tracy returned, rested a few days on the beaches of San Juan del Sur, and again we went together to watch local churches and cathedrals. We went into the main cathedral. He looked good, but most of all we liked the singing, we heard there. After that we went to the monastery of St. Francis and the Church of La Merced. This church from an architectural point of view, looked much more interesting than the cathedral, although the facade would not hurt a little redecorating. Next we went to the main pier, which was issued in Lake Nicaragua, and watch the road as the local kids playing baseball. That rocks the pier, it looks pretty bad. Apparently, it was a major tourist attraction before its place was taken by street Kalsada. Apparently, since abandoned pier. The lake water is also not very clean, the color reminding waters of the Thames. Swim in the lake we decided not to. Strange nests on Lake Nicaragua, one of the main tourist attractions in Granada is a boat trip to 365 islands, located on the lake, not far from shore. That's what we have taken. Some islands were entirely too small, no more than 10 meters in diameter, others much more - up to hundreds of meters. They say that 70% of these islands are inhabited wealthy Nicaraguans and foreigners who come here on vacation. To buy one of this island and build a house on it, you need a lot of money. But there's not a very luxurious home. At one of these islands we stopped and made a walking tour on it. Cruise boat, which took two hours, was interesting and enjoyable. We managed to see some interesting plants and animals, although I was disappointed that we did not encounter the bull shark, which definitely is found in this lake. Service in a church in Granada Another fascinating pastime in Granada can be a trip to a local volcano and slide down the sandy incline to sendborde (board, intended for driving on sand hills, ca. Perevi.). But this is optional. I, for example, suffered arm, so that on sendbordinge could forget. As for the volcano, I'm still looking forward to trips to the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala, where the lava was still boiling, in contrast to a sleeping volcano in Nicaragua. So that was our day. The next morning we again hit the road. This time, however (as well as in Costa Rica), we decided to skip the capital city of Managua, and go to another city with a rich history, namely, Leon. Start material: Completion of material:
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