Northern Nicaragua

Back on the mainland.  First stop, Leon.  Nothing like cooling off in a HOT city by drinking some super cheap road pops! 

One thing this city is full of, old churches.  We have pictures of more than a dozen, but I'll bore you with just one.

Then we were off to Somoto.  Highlight here is a Canyon you can swim down in a river.  It would be pretty exciting in the wet season. But in the dry seasons it's fairly tame.  Still certainly enjoyable.

Somoto was a great town though, and we spent 3 nights here.  Found a great little bar as well, as you can see...

Also ended up watching the Super Bowl here.  This was our set up.  Pulled a TV out of the room and sat in the courtyard.

Next stop Esteli... a fairly big city, and although we enjoyed our time here.  Really the best thing we did was visit this waterfall outside the city.  Was a fun afternoon....

Last stop in the North, Jinotega.  Great place for a hike.

On top of the mountain/hill overlooking the city...