Nicaragua Day 1

The first day of our trip was a travel day. We had two flights starting in Las Vegas, passing through Miami, and down to Managua. We had two vans waiting to drive us to our first hostel in Las Peñitas , a tourist destination near the city of Leon. It is located southwest of Leon along the Pacific coast. I was amazed at how similar Nicaragua compared with Mozambique. Everything from the vehicles, streets, houses and stores. While there are some cultural differences, the living conditions of many people are the same. There are many living in poverty and life seems simple. At Las Peñitas , we were separated into 3 houses along the beach. The heat and humidity took some time to adjust to, but I got put in the nicest place which had a great air conditioning unit!