Managua, Nicaragua -- morning

I'll be leaving Managua for Leon in just a couple of hours.

I have been received very well at Lili's house, but I just can't stand it. Sleeping in a hammock is uncomfortable, but trying to sleep with large buses and trucks speeding by at all hours of the night is very difficult. Also, hearing a baby crying for most of the day and night is annoying. And waking up to evangelists preaching as if it were the end of the world gives one a feeling of wanting to destroy the radio. And to top it all off, Managua is so dirty and disorderly that there is no appeal to remain.

And so, I hit the road to go to Leon, a city which is much nicer as I recall. Since I still haven't received an email from Ronald (after checking email yesterday afternoon), I will stay in Leon for a couple of days, then head south to Masaya and Granada before heading back to Costa Rica to meet up with a girl who contacted me for guidance and companionship. Tentatively, I'll meet her in Monteverde in a week from today, next Tuesday.

Before closing this entry, I have to comment on the subject of not sleeping. In Liberia, during the fiestas civicas, la Diana walks through all the streets at five in the morning, accompanied by a band playing loud music, and fireworks set off from the parque central. For me, at least, it was impossible to sleep through that ruckus. Well, the time has come to get myself ready to leave.