The living in Nicaragua

Till now Nicaragua looks so much different from Panama and Costa Rica, it's a poor country and lots of kids here are working in the streets selling food, drinks and anything they can, just to make a small profit. The other kids just will walk around you until you gonna give them a coin, unfortunately many of this kids are sleeping in the streets.
Lots of women here are also selling almost anything while they carry the basket on their head with no hands, basically it's like a mobile PIZUZZEIA (you can find in the basket fruits, drinks, chocolate bars and cigarettes).

In the last week (I spoke so much English until my teeth hurt) I went with Andy (the Canadian guy) to Masaya and we saw the active Volcano of Masaya which was pulling out so much gas and to some caves that maid after the last explosion of the mountain in 2002.
For the first time in my life I even saw a baseball game, (the national sport here) between Managua (the capital city) to Masaya it ends up 6:0 and Managua won the championship.

After Masaya city we went to Leon, another great city which was the Capital city of all the Latins America countries, until one of the wars.
I have here the best hotel I have ever had, (since I landed in the area) with swimming pool, pool table, free international calls, hammocks all over, 5 pc´s for free internet and last but not list a cable TV with DVD for only 6 bucks a night in dorms.

Yesterday I catched another chicken fight and gambled a bit (with some German guy). I won twice and one was drew, this time the place was authentic but I came with an organized tourists group (I took it only because of the atmosphere and the free booze that was include in the package). But... as a big idiot I went their on empty stomach (which was probably good because that's why I didn´t had anything to puke) and got my self so fucking drunk from beer and some other see trow local drink. In the end I found myself with all the tourists in a restaurant while they were eating I was sleeping with head on the table and they loughed at me on how israelis good in gambling but don't know how to drink.

till next time, adios
Eran

Welcome to Nicaragua

OK, so as you all probably know I left Santa Cruz (the Rodeo town in Costa Rica) and saying good bye to the two chicks Isabel and Xaviera that told me about this great town and also from Yaron the israeli guy I was traveled with for the last month.
BTW: I got a free massage from Isabel which is her profession and learned some new dancing moves in salsa from Xaviera.

Anyway, I was heading to the border in the public bus which was a nightmare ride, because there were no tickets for the tourist bus.
when I was getting the border, I had to walk like a 1km by foot with the all the bugs and to wait in a huge line. Surprisingly they even had some duty free shops but the price of my camera I wanted was damm high.

After 12 hours on the way (plus waiting for buses) I got to Granade in Nicaragua which happened to be a real nice Colonial City with lots of character.

I met here Andy (a guy from Canada) and we were going to Masaya which is another city not far a way, we were in the market and also getting to a cock routsh fighting (which means chickens fights), it was so fucking cool to watch two roosters chickens fighting until death.
They were pecking each other and heading to each others neck, plus they had a small knife so they could kill more efficiently.
The gamblers in the fight keeps yelling in Spanish: Vamos (come on), kill him, finish him, and they starting to yell each other after the fight end. Every 5 minutes there is a short break so the chicken can rest a bit and getting clean her from the blood (actually they sucking and spiting out the blood from the injury chicken neck) and making her ready for the next round.
When we asked what they do with the dead chicken they said eating it !!! fucking gross !

After the fights we went back to our hotel on the roof of a bus, because there was no space inside. All the way we had to save our heads from the trees but it was so fucking fun.

Till now Nicaragua seems like really interesting place, it´s also the second (after Haiti) poorest country in all the west side of the globe.

Rodeo in Santa Cruz

Hi there,

 

long time no speak since I didn´t want to bored my stupid friends (Elad and Yoav - Antoine).

 

Anyway, in the last week I have been in Tamrindo a great beach town with lots of rich Americans that coming there for a short visit as we in Israel are used to go to Turkey.

 

Most of the days I spent by lying on the beach or walking miles on the beach to other beaches, surfing and dancing salsa at night.

 

After Tamrindo we went to Playa Samara a small chill out town, on the way we met 2 local girls that told us about a big Festival that taking place these days on Santa Cruz.

 

So after visiting in Samara and chill out for a while we went to Santa Cruz a cowboys town with only Costa Rican people that came for the Festival. it was a mess to find a room here  since it was full or too much expensive, but with some help of Isabel (the local girl we met on the bus from Tamrindo) she found us a lousy room for a descent price.

 

The atmosphere here in this town is amazing loud music every where you go and tons bottles of Imperial beer (the best Costa Rican beer), open market that selling bunch of stuff, and a Luna Park.

 

Now to all that add the Rodeo Arena that taking place in the middle of the town.

We went to a show of the bulls and saw many people get injured, flying in the air by the bull or just getting ran over by the mad bulls.

Today we even got inside the arena while the bulls are inside, it was so fucking amazing and you could fill the Andernaline in your bones crossing by.

 

Yaron, even got injured in the leg from the bull but I guess he will survive. I also touched the bull (only when it was tied up) and arras him a bit :-)

 

At night I used my dancing lessons in Salsa that I took in Israel and showed off on the Costa Rican girl.

 

till next time, adios

Eran - Santa Cruz

Snorkeling in Playa Del Coco

Ok, so playa del coco was our last destination of the 4 of us together before the splitting (Alex back to New York, and Ofir to Mexico).

we went to a small town which was suppose to be good for diving but I guess Merfi´s Low is catching us every time, since the visability was sucks for diving.

But I did manage to snorkel a bit and see some nice colors in the water of fish and plants.

In the evening we went out and separated from Ofir and Alex, now it´s me and Yaron and we just got to big beach town called Tamarindo.

 

Surf baby surf....(and not on the net)

ohhh yeah baby, I surfed on the waves of Santa Tereza.

We rented a surf board and trying surfing on the waves, it cost me and Ofir a lot in our body injuries but... I guess we survived.

 

I got the board in my head few times and even in the chin which make me spit some blood, and drink tons of sea ocean water.

Ofir also got few blue injuries (Shetef Dam), but we both ok, I guess.

I even managed to catch few waves for couple of seconds, and it was so fun. 

 

Happy New Year - 2008

oh....yeah, as you all guessed up, I did get drunk as horse.

 

We went to the biggest party in the area, which was 1 hour far but only 14 kilometers because of there bad roads here.

I met 2 Argentinian girls that brought good authentic alcohol (wine and vodka) from Argentina, and we all started getting booze together.

We drunk it all plus much more in the party, I got myself so damm drunk but manged to control it and not threw up (on hilla's leg :-)).

Somehow I even managed to take a taxi and come back home (hotel) safely.

 

BTW: as I promised the pics staring to come, so check down and see the canopy I did in Monteverde.