Living in trees

After we left Thelma, we headed down to Granada. It's a wonderful colonial city just south of Managua. We parked the car and wandered around looking for a place to stay. At one hotel I found a brochure for a hostel up on the side of the Mombasa volcano. We decided to check it out.
After driving up and down the road for a while, we ended up at a place where they do zip line tours. They sent a nice young man to lead us to the "treehouse", we told them we would be back in a day or two to go zip lining. Can't remember our guide's name, thats what happens when you are 2 weeks behind on posts! Anyway, he directed us off the road, on to a dirt track, over a field and a final sharp turn to the right. Through the gates we went and pulled into a small parking lot. "Where is the hostel?" " Up there" "Up there?!?" "Si" He wasn't kidding, the fricking place was on the side of the mountain, up a very steep climb, at altitude. Oh my goodness, when we finally arrived at the top non of us could catch our breath.






Fred, from San Fran. and his business partner, Chad, from Texas have built
this cool place place in amongst the jungle, literally on the side of the mountain. The views are spectacular! They started building last year and opened for business in Nov., lots of work still to be done, but they are doing a great job.
Thank goodness they sent a couple of guys back down to help us with our packs! Soon enough we were settled in and enjoying the view and beers at the bar and kitchen area.






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Location:Granada, Nicaragua