Today I am leaving
Granada. A good three days here has allowed me to relax, explore and I am ready
to move on. I've had long lazy mornings reading over breakfast and taking in
the sights. I am in love with the incredible churches, coloured houses and terracotta
roof tiles, the bustling ancient market and lively evenings.
Yesterday I spent the day
at Laguna de Apoyo, a huge lagoon in the middle of a volcanic crater. It is
stunningly beautiful; an immense, clear pool of water surrounded by trees,
iguanas and birds filling the air with their cries. I've been kayaking, paddle
boarding and swimming, which has been wonderful relief from the heat.
Back in Granada, I went
out at dusk looking for food and bumped into Matt and Simon who I met in
Poneloya, along with their friend Sven who they also picked up at the Surfing
Turtle. We ate some great street food, yucca, pork and slaw, in the Parque Central
and walked through the back streets near the market to a courtyard full of
locals drinking rum and tona.
I got to experience an
evening of no harassment having three men over six foot guarding me. It is a
huge pitfall of lone female travel. No matter what I wear, time of day or how
much you ignore them, you constantly get leers, stares, wolf whistles and
'beautiful girl' in creepy voices. It's exhausting and an evening without it
was most welcome. The guys are hilarious and
some crude lad humour and card games made it a fantastic evening. Especially
when we got talking about festivals - FYI the German version of the Allan cry
is Helga.
I'm travelling to San Juan
del Sur today were I will probably see some familiar faces. I am hoping I'll be
doing more surfing than partying as really I am a Grandma at heart. No doubt
fellow twenty-something's will try and persuade me otherwise.
Imogen
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