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| Laguna de Apoyo |
The second leg of our trip was to the Laguna de Apoyo and Masaya. The Laguna was a beautiful, quiet place to relax and swim. I was glad to swim in a natural body of fresh water. Since I grew up going to the Otsego Lake every weekend during the summers, I have always preferred natural bodies of water to pools and fresh water over salt water. At the small resort we were able to relax because aside from us and a handful of other visitors at the same hotel there was no one within sight. This meant we could take the kayaks and row around the laguna, swim and enjoy the sun and water.
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| Mercado de Masaya, Masaya Market |
On our second day at the laguna we took a day trip to the town of Masaya where we went to the two biggest flea markets in Nicaragua (or so I´m told at least). They had a lot of wood and leather products, but mostly touristy and rather kitsch-y. But it was fun. We also go to see the national baseball stadium, named for Roberto Clemente as he was on his way to bring aid to Nicaragua when his flight went down. We learned that in Nicaragua, baseball is more popular than fútbol (soccer). On the day trip we also went to a hammock factory where most of us bought hammocks. Most of them cost 400 córdobas (about $20)! We also got to try out nice swing hammocks that we call chairocks (chair and hammock, a word coined by our friend / 1st grader- Logan) that stretched out to be long enough that I could lay down and have the hammock wrap around my feet past the toes and still support my head!
We then went to a lookout on the other side of the Laguna de Apoyo and Laguna de Masaya, from which we could see the city of Granada, Nicaragua from a distance. It was beautiful, and I am still waiting on the pictures from that I took with a friends camera.
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