Friday, April 18, 2014
Matagalpa Finally!!!
So like I said before I didn't sleep that much. I got up at 5:00 am and waited for the buses to start coming in. The buses started coming in at 5:30 am. I said goodbye to my friend and I got on a bus to Matagalpa and waited. It didn't leave by 6:00 am so I got off to take the express bus that leaves at 6:30 am. I said goodbye to my friend again and got on the express bus. I got to Matagalpa about 2 to 2.5 hours later. I then took a cab to Nativos Tours. I had taken a tour here before and had decided to come hang out in Matagalpa with Guillermo (the guide). I figured I could chill and maybe take a tour. More importantly Matagalpa is cool (temperature wise) as compared to the rest of Nicaragua. I took a cab to Guillermo's house. He also has a guest house that I had decided to stay in as it was cheaper than the place I had stayed at the first time I had come to Matagalpa. When I arrived no one answered the door. Then an elderly couple next door asked me who I was looking for. I told them Guillermo. They asked me if he knew I was coming and I said yes. So they let me in their house to sit and wait. Then the elderly woman called Guillermo and he finally woke up to come open the door. It turns out that the elderly couple next door are his grandparents. The elderly woman had even offered to let me sleep upstairs in one of their beds. They were very nice. I went next door and put my stuff in the room Guillermo showed me was for me. At this point I was pretty exhausted and running on lack of sleep. So I pretty much lazed around for a bit and watched some shows because my body didn't want to go to sleep although my mind did. Later I walked to the store with a guy that was also staying at the guesthouse. We walked to 3 supermarkets but they were all closed due to Semana Santa. So we separated and I went to see if I could find a Pulperia (a corner store basically). As I was walking I stopped to buy fruit and asked where I could find a pulperia. I was told there was a supermarket open near the other park. I walked to the other park and found the supermarket and bought things to cook. I had decided I would cook while I was here instead of going out to eat. I had planned to stay 2 days in total and leave on Saturday to head to Honduras. I then walked back and bought mango for my walk back. I hadn't really ate anything yesterday as I had been on a bus all day and I didn't want to eat terminal food. I had eaten a little bit this morning from food Guillermo had given me but at this point I was close to starving. When I got back I cooked Johnnycakes and tuna to eat. I then rested for a bit. Later Guillermo came back and I helped him make a FB page for his business. I then was trying to explain to him about making a website but he didn't understand so I looked up free websites for him. We found one and I decided I would help him make a website. The last time I was here I had told him that he should make a website for his business. Like I said before I think it is important that native business thrive as there are so many foreign businesses in these countries and in the end, sadly, the native people don't make much. Nicaragua is a very poor country. So I spent a good part of the late afternoon and evening working on his website. I kind of think he was pretending he didn't know how to do it so that I would do it for him. But then again sometimes men just can't figure things out.
Labels:
Central America Travel
Location:
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
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