To 08-09-02

To Ometepe

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The inside of my first room here at Granada, Nicaragua - I moved cos the loo didn't

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Liz our group leader with Tom her boyfriend

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Having a few drinks in Granada, Nicaragua

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Tom & me having a beer - or 2 or more

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The square outside of our hotel in Granada you can just about maje out the hotel in the background

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Over the other side of the square in Granada was this enourmous church, any where else it would have been a cathedral

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Another view of the square in Granada, some of the buildings still had signs of one of the revolutions - bullet holes

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Probably the best view of the hotel I stayed at, it was still being rebuilt after the latest revolution

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The carriages were there in the square to take tourists around - though there weren't many tourists

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The view from my second room in Granada - this ime the loo did work

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This was lake Managua - an inland lake that Tom took us to -it was in the middle of nowhere along a jungle road - the colour of the water was so blue

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Time for a swim in the lake, a little cooler than we had been used to but still marvellous

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Having a well deserved drink after al lof that swimming and lazing about

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I think there was only one couple staying here - a very secluded place

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While we swam some people had to labour - tending the beds

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A magnificent view of the lake

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A night out in Granada

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There are lots of local entertainers, mainly dancers and small bands

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A local chool dance troup

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Notice the seller in the front - here you could buy 1 cigarette

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A few dancers getting up now

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These local food sellers set up each night

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This is the main act ofthe night all the locals have been waiting for him

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He's the local pop star and he knows it, but he doesn't sing at all - he just mime, what a laugh

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Time to get into the spirit of things with a a bit of jiving