Greetings from Granada

well I finally got my money and made it out of Managua and am now in Granada. Not much of a distance but a whole other world in experience. Granada is really a nice little place. They are really going after the tourist dollar so it is a nice clean place. They've got a nice plaza area with lots of vendors selling any manner of things. One of the streets off the plaza is blocked off to traffic for a few blocks and has a lot of nice little boutiques, restaurants and restaurants. It is right on Lake Nicaragua and all in all a very nice place I am enjoying quite a bit. Tonight I am going to a free piano recital. So far since I have gotten a massage and also an acupuncture treatment for my shoulder. I enjoyed the massage it was nice to relax and it is the best I've had since I left the states but it still wasn't that great. The acupuncture helped somewhat perhaps it will assist it in healing faster. It seems that each day it is a little bit better maybe the only thing that is going to heal it is time and maybe tequila. I can sleep on it without waking up it's just that it is always there. OH WELL! I went to the local archeological museum today and had my own lovely guide who took me around and explained everything-in spanish and I even understood a lot of it. Speaking of spanish I had an interesting experience the other day in Managua. I decided to do the tourist thing so I went and checked out the museum at the Palacio Nacional and took a guided tour there and when I finished I thought to myself "self what should I do next?" I saw on a tourist map that the archeological museum was nearby (they seem to have in just about any city of any significance) So I got a cab and asked how much to go to the Museo Arqueologico he told me the fare (30 cordobas about 1.50) so I said lets go. Now I'm far from fluent in spanish but people have told me that I speak it well so I was sort of surprised when we ended up at the Centro Nacional Dermatologico (National Dermatology Center.) Of course when I pointed his mistake he said that he had no idea where the museum was. So I said the hell with it take me back to the hostel. Tomorrow I'm hopping on the bike and heading to Rivas and then hopefully find a way to Oemeteppe Island. Spend a couple of days on Ometeppe island and then head south to Costa Rica. So my next find me spot should be from Rivas and next blog from Rivas or Ometeppe. Until then

HASTA LA VISTA BABY!