Have been delayed in my photo editing by various things of late, but managed to get up the rest of day 1 and a little of day 2 in Nicaragua’s colonial city of Granada. As I’ve stated before, Granada was a place I already wanted to come back to before I had even left. If you’re traveling on your own, in my opinion, you should plan for several days here to really take it all in.
Pulperia Guadalupe!
Granada Cathedral
On the morning of day 2, we took a drive out to Masaya Volcano Park. I had been holding out for this chance to see a volcano. It was an included (i.e. pre-paid) activity and best of all, it was a drive-in Volcano! Putting it in perspective, most of the volcano’s we’d seen previously either involved hours of walking, slogging through mud, or both. Masaya Volcano hasn’t been particularly active since an eruption over 300 years ago. So, there’s a road leading to the edge of the main crater and you can walk a few trails near it to get varous views of the active crater and nearby extinct craters. A very nice activity for someone who’s interested in seeing a volcano but doesn’t want to, say, walk for 8 hours.
Masaya Volcano Crater
Masaya - Ants Marching
There are more photos of both Granada and Masaya Volcano in my album of photos from Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Hope you’ll check them all out!
