The Ramblings of an Aspiring Expat Traveling Nomad Wanderer
We arrived in San Jose yesterday afternoon. The bus from Granada was fine but long. We walked to our hotel and settled in. We went to an Argentine steak house for supper. It was delicious. After sleeping through the night both of us are ticking away at the computers. We have a beautiful view from our balcony. There are also pigeons that like to use it.… Read the rest So here we are in Granda. It took 18 hours to get here and 2 border crossings. The Ticabus ride was run of the mill. I watched The Dark Knight Rises with English subtitles and Pirates of the Caribbean without. Jill slept the whole way. We arrived in Managua, hopped in a taxi, got on another bus, and finally another taxi.
… Read the restI went and caught a cold. I haven’t been doing a lot other than drinking a lot of water. We ate at a French Crepe restaurant that Jill fell in love with. I guess that was Valentine’s Day and the day before. Today we dropped off a load of laundry and went for a walk. We’ve been trying to figure out a route for our travels and the plan keeps evolving.
… Read the restWe got up early this morning and headed out to find the address of Safe Passage in Antigua. We walked to the right street and started walking north because the numbers got smaller in that direction and we were looking for number 4. We found door number 5 then a blank door and then number 3D. The blank door was a garage door that didn’t look inviting.
… Read the restYesterday, I sent the laundry to be done. I had managed to get food all over one pair of pants and yellow chalk on the other. I studied Spanish on Duolingo. We went out to the market. Jill went to her cooking class and I walked over to a presentation by a woman who started a charity called WINGS. Her organization provides access to birth control for women who can’t afford it.
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