Showing posts with label Nicaragua. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicaragua. Show all posts

Monday, January 5, 2015

Granada, Nicaragua

This is our 3rd day in Granada.  Granada is a beautiful city of about 200,000 people.  The first thing we noticed was how flat it is compared to Guatemala. It is also a lot hotter and much more humid.  The evenings are balmy.  Today the high will be 32C.

The streets are wide and well maintained. The buildings are colourful.  Yesterday we took a horse and carriage ride through the city.


I always have problems with the currency conversion.


$1 U.S. = 26.49 Cordobas.  I use my phone calculator a lot.A beer is 30 cordobas or about $1.13. A nice meal can be purchased for about 110 Cordoba or about $4.50.

I haven't done any shopping yet.  I promised to get some Nicaraguan products for some special people back home.