De retour à Rivas, nous attendons patiement notre bus au terminal en dégustant un tacos poulet archi "picante". Il y a un monde fou. Nous sommes constament solicités par des faux chauffeurs de bus pour Granada (des taxis en fait) et d'autres vendeurs de trucs inutiles, torches, cables pour chaine hifi, ballon... Notre "school bus" arrive enfin et nous nous installons à l'intérieur pour une bonne heure d'attente avant le départ. Ca n'inquiète personne et nous non plus d'ailleur. Nous avons pris l'habitude d'attendre. Il n'ya pas vraiment d'horaire. Il part quand il part. On en profite pour grignoter des snacks vendus par la succession de vendeurs ambulants passant dans le bus. Miam, un churros. Miam des chips. Beurk, une gaufrette sucrée au fromage.
Après avoir longé entièrement le Lac Nicaragua pendant plus d'une heure, on arrive à Granada sous un déluge. Ca ne se calme pas vraiment avant le soir où nous sortons nous ballader vers la place centrale et une rue remplie de bars et restos. Nous avons trouvé les Mojitos les moins chers du monde: 0,40€ le verre! Pour ce prix là, on peut s'en prendre deux chacun, mais pas plus car ils sont hyper corsés. Puis, pour diner, c'est pas difficile, il n'y a qu'à ramper jusqu'au resto d'à coté pour d'excellents travers de porc/frites à 5€. Et Après retour au bar.
Enfin un grand soleil, notre première journée de beau temps depuis Panama City. Mais qu'est ce qu'il fait chaud. La journée est passée a flâner dans les rues de Granada. C'est une belle ville avec ses églises, ses maisons coloniales restaurées, son marché et sa place centrale entièrement à l'ombre pour déguster les spécialités du coin: Le vigoron, un snack consistant de patates vapeurs + du gras de porc frit. Nous visitons des ateliers d'artistes où Raphaëlle entame une discussion de techniques de gravure, sérigraphie et peinture avec un local, et tout ça en espagnol bien sur. L'artiste a voyagé aux alentours de Francfort car les ateliers font partis d'une fondation allemande. Un passage pour Alec chez le coiffeur à 1€ la coupe et une petite ballade pour aller voir le lac Nicaragua une dernière fois terminera notre journée.
Back to Rivas, we wait at the terminal for our bus while eating a chicken tacos super "picante". There is a croud. Touts trying to get us to follow them for a bus for Granada when in fact it's a taxi, and other people wanting to sell us useless junk, such as torches, hifi cables etc...Our "school bus" arrives finally and we get inside waiting for a good hour before departure. It doesn't seem to bother anyone to wait around.We 're not fussed either as we're getting used to be patient. We make the most of it by buying a few nibles to eat from the numerous sellers passing by the bus. Yum, some churros, Yum some crisps. Yuck, cheese and sugar wafles. After a little more than an hour along the lake Nicaragua, we arrive at Granada. It's pouring. It doesn't calm down until the evening where we go out for a walk to the central plazza and a street full of bars and restaurants. We have found the cheapest Mojitos of the world: 0,50$ a glass! For that price we can drink two each but not more as they are pretty strong. For diner, it's not that hard, you just need to roll the next door restaurant where we taste some excellent spare ribs/ chips for 5$. Then, back to the bar! At long last some sunshine. It's our first good day since Panama City. But it's super hot out. We spend our day strolling around the town of Granada. It's a pretty place with its churches, colonial houses, market and central shaded plazza where we can taste the local speciality: The vigoron, a snack which consists of boiled potatoes and fried pork rin. We visit some artist workshops where Raphëlle gets into a technical discussion with a local about etching, serigraphy and painting, all this in spanish of course. The artist has travelled near frankfurt as the workshops are part of a german foundation. A quick tour to the barbers for a 1€ haircut for Alec and a little walk to go and see the lake Nicaragua one last time will end our day.
Back to Rivas, we wait at the terminal for our bus while eating a chicken tacos super "picante". There is a croud. Touts trying to get us to follow them for a bus for Granada when in fact it's a taxi, and other people wanting to sell us useless junk, such as torches, hifi cables etc...Our "school bus" arrives finally and we get inside waiting for a good hour before departure. It doesn't seem to bother anyone to wait around.We 're not fussed either as we're getting used to be patient. We make the most of it by buying a few nibles to eat from the numerous sellers passing by the bus. Yum, some churros, Yum some crisps. Yuck, cheese and sugar wafles. After a little more than an hour along the lake Nicaragua, we arrive at Granada. It's pouring. It doesn't calm down until the evening where we go out for a walk to the central plazza and a street full of bars and restaurants. We have found the cheapest Mojitos of the world: 0,50$ a glass! For that price we can drink two each but not more as they are pretty strong. For diner, it's not that hard, you just need to roll the next door restaurant where we taste some excellent spare ribs/ chips for 5$. Then, back to the bar! At long last some sunshine. It's our first good day since Panama City. But it's super hot out. We spend our day strolling around the town of Granada. It's a pretty place with its churches, colonial houses, market and central shaded plazza where we can taste the local speciality: The vigoron, a snack which consists of boiled potatoes and fried pork rin. We visit some artist workshops where Raphëlle gets into a technical discussion with a local about etching, serigraphy and painting, all this in spanish of course. The artist has travelled near frankfurt as the workshops are part of a german foundation. A quick tour to the barbers for a 1€ haircut for Alec and a little walk to go and see the lake Nicaragua one last time will end our day.
Génial! je n'écris pas souvent mais je continue à vous lire et à suivre toutes vos aventures!!!
RépondreSupprimerBonne route en Amérique centrale!
plein de bisous
Maud
mais vous faites que bouffer!!! ;-)
RépondreSupprimerz'avez bien raison, nous c'est pisco et ceviche!
Toujours un plaisir de vous lire.
gros bisous